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Born | Archbold, Ohio | May 5, 1900
Died | 1988 (aged 87–88) |
Known for | Genetics of drosophila |
Helen Redfield (born May 5, 1900 in Archbold, Ohio, [1] died 1988 [2]), was an American geneticist. Redfield graduated from Rice University in 1920, [1] followed by earning her Ph.D. in zoology [1] from the University of California, Berkeley in 1921. [3] While at Rice, she worked in the mathematics department. [1] She joined the faculty of Stanford University in 1925 [3] and that same year she became a National Research Fellow at Columbia University. [1] [4] In 1926 she married Jack Schultz, the couple had two children. [1] [3] [4] Redfield retained her maiden name upon her marriage. [3] [4] In 1929 she worked as a teaching fellow at New York University. Ten years later she worked as a geneticist in the Kerckhoff Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. Starting in 1942, during World War II, she worked as a lab scientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory during the summer. From 1951 until 1961 she served as a research associate at the Institute for Cancer Research. [1]
Helen Redfield | |
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Born | Archbold, Ohio | May 5, 1900
Died | 1988 (aged 87–88) |
Known for | Genetics of drosophila |
Helen Redfield (born May 5, 1900 in Archbold, Ohio, [1] died 1988 [2]), was an American geneticist. Redfield graduated from Rice University in 1920, [1] followed by earning her Ph.D. in zoology [1] from the University of California, Berkeley in 1921. [3] While at Rice, she worked in the mathematics department. [1] She joined the faculty of Stanford University in 1925 [3] and that same year she became a National Research Fellow at Columbia University. [1] [4] In 1926 she married Jack Schultz, the couple had two children. [1] [3] [4] Redfield retained her maiden name upon her marriage. [3] [4] In 1929 she worked as a teaching fellow at New York University. Ten years later she worked as a geneticist in the Kerckhoff Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. Starting in 1942, during World War II, she worked as a lab scientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory during the summer. From 1951 until 1961 she served as a research associate at the Institute for Cancer Research. [1]