Cardy Raper Explained

Cardy Raper
Birth Date:January 9, 1925
Death Date:September 5, 2019 (aged 94)
Nationality:American
Workplaces:Harvard University
Wellesley College
University of Vermont
Alma Mater:University of Chicago
University of Vermont
Academic Advisors:Red Raper
Spouse:Red Raper

Carlene Allen "Cardy" Raper (January 9, 1925 – September 5, 2019) was an American mycologist and science writer.[1] She identified that the fungus Schizophyllum commune has over 23,000 mating types. She is regarded as one of the first women taxonomists in mycology.[2] She was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Early life and education

Raper wanted to be a scientist from the age of eight.[3] She earned a master's degree in science at the University of Chicago in 1946.[4] [5] She worked on Achlya and Schizophyllum commune.[6] She married her college supervisor, John (Red) Raper, in 1949.[7] She earned her PhD in 1977.

Career

Raper worked alongside her husband, Red Raper, on the mating-type mutants of Schizophyllum. Her husband was chair of the biology department at Harvard University when he died in 1974.[8] [9] After this, Cardy Raper began her formal career in science, working at Harvard University as a researcher and lecturer from 1974.[10] She worked in the Netherlands at the University of Hagen with Jos Wessels. In 1978 she joined Wellesley College as an assistant professor. After spending the summer of 1982 working with Bob Ullrich at the University of Vermont, she decided to move there.[11] In 1983 she set up her own independent research laboratory the University of Vermont.[12] She remained there as an emeritus professor after her retirement in 1994. Raper identified that Schizophyllum commune had more than 23,000 mating types. In 2008 there was a celebration of her contributions to science.[13] In 2012 she was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[14] [15]

In 2017 she spoke at the Burlington Writers Workshop. Her son, Jonathan Raper, is a professor of cell biology at the University of Pennsylvania.[16] She and Red Raper also had a daughter, Linda. Raper died after a brief illness at her summer home in Ferrisburgh, Vermont, on September 5, 2019, at the age of 94.[17]

Books

References

  1. Web site: In Memory of Carlene Allen "Cardy" Raper, 1925 – 2019 . Burlington Writers Workshop . 17 February 2020.
  2. 2018-03-01. Naming names: the first women taxonomists in mycology. Studies in Mycology. en. 89. 63–84. 10.1016/j.simyco.2017.12.001. 29910514. 6002341. 0166-0616. Maroske. Sara. May. Tom W..
  3. News: Cardy Raper. 2016-04-27. Vermont Press. 2018-07-22. en-US.
  4. News: The Maroon Loyalty Society Honor Roll. 2016-05-31. Alumni Association: Alumni, Parents, Families & Friends. 2018-07-22. en.
  5. Book: Cardy., Raper. A woman of science : an extraordinary journey of love, discovery, and the sex life of mushrooms. 2013 . 9781578264421. [Hobart, New York]. 841037522.
  6. News: Woman of Science – an interview with Cardy Raper. 2017-06-23. Mushroom. 2018-07-22. en-US.
  7. Web site: Amazon.com: Cardy Raper: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle. www.amazon.com. 2018-07-22.
  8. News: Dr. John Raper of Harvard Dies; Expert on Fungi Reproduction. The New York Times . 24 May 1974 . 2018-07-22. en.
  9. Web site: John Raper Dies at 62; Was Bio Dept. Chairman News The Harvard Crimson. www.thecrimson.com. en. 2018-07-22.
  10. Web site: About the Author Cardy Raper. cardyraper.com. en-US. 2018-07-22.
  11. Web site: Mycological Society of America 1982 Newsletter. 1982. Mycological Society of America. 2018-07-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20150912030237/http://msafungi.org/wp-content/uploads/Inoculum/33(1).pdf. 2015-09-12. dead.
  12. Web site: Catalogue 2011-12 : University of Vermont. Vermont. University of. www.uvm.edu. en. 2018-07-22.
  13. Web site: University of Vermont: Summer Newsletter 2008. University of Vermont. 2018-07-22.
  14. Web site: University of Vermont Summer Newsletter. 2013. University of Vermont. 2018-07-22.
  15. News: AAAS Members Elected as Fellows. 2012-11-30. AAAS - The World's Largest General Scientific Society. 2018-07-22. en.
  16. Web site: Jonathan A. Raper, Ph.D. – Cell and Developmental Biology @ U Penn. cdb.med.upenn.edu. en-US. 2018-07-22.
  17. News: Carlene Allen Raper . 30 July 2024 . burlingtonfreepress.com . The Burlington Free Press . 22 September 2019 . en.
  18. Book: Cardy., Raper. American harvest : how one family moved from dirt -poor farming to a better life in the early 1900s.. 978-0996267625. Brattleboro, Vermont. 928488854. 2016-04-22.

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