List of Graduate Women in Science members explained

Graduate Women in Science formerly known as Sigma Delta Epsilon, is an international organization for women in science.[1] It was established in 1921 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States as a women's fraternity. Following are some of its notable members. Membership includes graduate students in the sciences, alumnae, and honorary members.[2] The later are professional women who had achieved recognition in the science.

NameChapter and yearNotabilityReferences
Isabella AbbottHonorary, 2001Phycologist and ethnobotanist at Stanford University
Ruth M. AddomsBotanist at Duke University[3]
Virginia ApgarHonorary, 1971Physician, obstetrical anesthesiologist, medical researcher, and inventor of the Apgar score[4]
Beulah ArmstrongGamma, 1924Mathematician and professor at the University of Illinois[5]
Carrie Adeline BarbourIota, 1927Assistant professor and assistant curator of paleontologyat the University of Nebraska State Museum[6] [7]
Lela Viola BartonHonorary, 1964
Raven BaxterHonorary, 2023Science communicator and STEM educator
Emma BennBiostatistician, professor, and dean at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai[8]
May BerenbaumHonorary, 2017Entomologist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Lynne BillardHonorary, 1995Statistician and professor at the University of Georgia
Katharine Burr BlodgettHonorary, 1951Physicist and chemist with General Electric
Louise Arner BoydHonorary, 1959Explorer of Greenland and the Arctic
Hazel BranchAlpha, 1921Entomologist and head of the Department of Zoology at Wichita State University
Jean BrenchleyHonorary, 1986Microbiologist and professor at the Pennsylvania State University and Purdue University
Mary BuntingHonorary, 1963Microbiologist, geneticist, and president of Radcliffe College
Margaret BurbidgeHonorary, 1985Observational astronomer and astrophysicist
Helen CalkinsMathematician and professor at the Pennsylvania College for Women
Margery C. CarlsonHonorary, 1978Botanist and a professor at Northwestern University
Annie Jump CannonHonorary, 1931Astronomer who co-created the Harvard Classification Scheme,
Margery C. CarlsonHonorary, 1978Botanist and professor at Northwestern University[9]
Emma P. CarrHonorary, 1934Spectroscopist and chair of the chemistry department at Mount Holyoke College
Marjorie CaserioHonorary, 1980Chemist and professor at the University of California, Irvine and the University of California, San Diego
Mary Agnes ChaseHonorary, 1963Botanist with the United States Department of Agriculture
Martha E. ChurchGeographer and the first female president of Hood College[10]
Cornelia ClappHonorary, 1931Zoologist, specializing in marine biology. at the Marine Biological Laboratory
Jewel Plummer CobbHonorary, 1988Biologist and president of California State University, Fullerton
Teresa CohenMathematician and professor at Pennsylvania State University
Mathematician who contributed to Morse theory
Rita R. ColwellHonoary, 1987Environmental microbiologist
Zada Mary CooperHonorary, 1963Pharmacist and a professor of pharmacy at the University of Iowa
Kizzmekia CorbettHonorary, 2023Assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Ethaline Hartge CortelyouAlphaChemist and scientific technical writer who worked on the Manhattan Project[11]
Martha DoanHonorary, 1951Chemist and dean of women at Earlham College and Iowa Wesleyan College[12]
Mildred DresselhausHonorary, 2016Physicist, materials scientist, nanotechnologist, and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bernice DurandPhysicist, professor, and vice provost at the University of Wisconsin–Madison[13]
Helen DyerHonorary, 1965Biochemist and cancer researcher
Sylvia EarleHonorary, 2008Marine biologist and oceanographer with the National Geographic and U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sophia EckersonHonorary, 1941Botanist, microchemist, and department chair at theBoyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Bernice EddyHonorary, 1967Virologist and epidemiologist at Northwestern University and Field Museum of Natural History
Alice Catherine EvansHonorary, 1931Senior bacteriologist at the National Institutes of Health
Ruth FadenHonorary, 2003Founder of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
Margaret Clay FergusonHonorary, 1931
Edith M. FlanigenHonorary, 1994Chemist known for her work at Union Carbide
Helen Murray FreeHonorary, 1994Chemist
Aline Huke FrinkNu, 1936Mathematician and professor at Pennsylvania State University[14]
Eloise GerryHonorary, 1956Research scientist with the U.S. Forest Service at the Forest Products Laboratory
Lillian Moller GilbrethHonorary, 1949Psychologist, industrial engineer, and pioneer in applying psychology to time-and-motion studies
Winifred GoldringHonorary, 1966Paleontologist with the New York State Museum
Mary L. GoodHonorary, 1988Inorganic chemist and Under Secretary for Technology in the US Department of Commerce
Adele L. GrantAlpha, 1921Botanist who taught at the Missouri Botanical Garden, Cornell University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Huguenot Faculty in Wellington, South Africa[15]
Esther GreisheimerHonorary, 1973Academic and medical researcher
Lois Wilfred Griffiths
Beatrice HagenMathematician and professor at Pennsylvania State University
Alice HamiltonHonorary, 1931Physician and toxicologist
Laura HareMedical doctor, naturalist, and conservationist[16] [17] [18] [19] [20]
Anna J. HarrisonHonorary, 1985Organic chemist and professor at Mount Holyoke College
Helen HartHonorary, 1967Plant pathologist and professor at the University of Minnesota
Janet W. HartleyHonorary, 1980Virologist at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Mary Gertrude HasemanMathematician known for her work in knot theory
Edith HaynesProfessor of microbiology at the Indiana University School of Medicine[21]
Nola Anderson HaynesMathematician and professor at the University of Missouri
Olive HazlettMathematician and researcher at the University of Illinois
Marie Agnes HinrichsPhysiologist, zoologist, and professor at the University of Chicago, Southern Illinois University, and the University of Illinois[22]
Ariel HollinsheadHonorary, 1977Cancer researcher and professor at George Washington University[23]
Elizabeth E. HoodHonorary, 2019Plant geneticist and professor of agriculture at Arkansas State University
Grace HopperHonorary, 1989Computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral
Honorary, 2006Molecular biologist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Hope E. HoppsMicrobiologist and immunologist with the Food and Drug Administration[24]
Dorothy M. HorstmannHonorary, 1973Epidemiologist, virologist, pediatrician, and professor at the Yale School of Medicine and the Yale School of Public Health
Susan B. HorwitzHonorary, 1995Computer scientist and academic
Alice S. HuangHonorary, 1989Biologist who specializes in microbiology and virology
Barbara IglewskiHonorary, 1988Professor of microbiology and immunology and director of international programs at the University of Rochester Medical Center
Jedidah IslerHonorary, 2018Professor of astrophysics at Dartmouth College
Janina JeffGeneticist and a senior scientist at Illumina[25]
Roberta Frances JohnsonMathematician and professor at Wilson College, Colorado State University, and the University of Colorado
Vivian Annabelle JohnsonPhysicist and professor at Purdue University[26]
Madeleine M. JoulliéHonorary, 2011Organic chemist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania
Frances Oldham KelseyHonorary, 1988Pharmacologist and physician with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Mahin KhatamiOmicronProgram director and health scientist administrator at theNational Cancer Institute, the National Institutes of Health (NIH),[27] [28]
Ruth L. KirschsteinHonorary, 2001Pathologist and director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Flemmie Pansy KittrellHonorary, 1976Nutritionist who was instrumental in creating the Head Start
Mary Jeanne KreekHonorary, 1992Neurobiologist
Lois Lampe[29]
Rebecca LancefieldHonorary, 1971Microbiologist with the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
Mary LandersMathematician who taught at Hunter College
Jean LangenheimHonorary, 2011Plant ecologist and ethnobotanist[30]
Hellen LinkswilerHonorary, 1982
Marigold LintonHonorary, 2018first Native American to earn a doctorate in psychology
Mayme LogsdonMathematician and professor at the University of Chicago
Kathleen LonsdaleHonorary, 1967Crystallographer
Madge MacklinHonorary, 1949Physician is known for her work in the field of medical genetics
Lynne E. MaquatProfessor of biochemistry, biophysics, pediatrics, and oncology at the University of Rochester Medical Center[31]
Barbara McClintockHonorary, 1987Cytogeneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Honorary, 1973Microbiologist and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Eula Davis McEwanGeologist and paleontologist who taught at the University of Nebraska
Mary Alice McWhinnieHonorary, 1974Biologist and professor at DePaul University
Margaret MeadHonorary, 1963Cultural anthropologist, author, and speaker
Elizabeth C. MillerHonorary, 1980Biochemist
Nell I. MondyHonorary, 1986Biochemist and faculty of Cornell University
Ethel Isabel MoodyHonorary, 1986Mathematician and professor at Pennsylvania State University
Rosalind MorrisHonorary, 2011
Shruti NaikHonorary, 2019Associate professor of pathology, dermatology, and medicine and associate director for the Colton Center for Autoimmunity at NYU Langone Health.
Donna NelsonHonorary, 2018Professor of chemistry at the University of Oklahoma
Dorothy Virginia NightingaleOrganic chemist and professor at the University of Missouri [32]
Yan NingHonorary, 2020Structural biologist and professor at Tsinghua University and Princeton University
Ruth Sonntag NussenzweigHonorary, 1995Immunologist specializing in the development of malaria vaccines
Ellen OchoaHonorary 2019NASA astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center.
Helen Brewster OwensMathematician, assistant professor at Penn State University, and suffragist
Katherine Van Winkle PalmerAlpha, 1921; Honorary, 1971Tertiary paleontologist and director of the Paleontological Research Institution
Sophy ParfinEntomologist with the National Museum of Natural History[33]
Helen ParsonsHonorary, 1966Biochemist and nutritionist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Edith Marion PatchHonorary, 1941Entomologist and head of the entomology department at the University of Maine
Eva J. PellHonorary, 2001Biologist, plant pathologist, and science administrator at Pennsylvania State University and the Smithsonian Institution
Jeannette PiccardHonorary, 1971High-altitude balloonist
Margaret PittmanHonorary, 1974
Dorothy PowelsonMicrobiologist and associate professor at Purdue University[34]
Jessie Isabelle PriceVeterinary microbiologist at the National Wildlife Health Center[35]
Johnnie Hines Watts ProthroNutritionist and chair of the Department of Home Economics and Food Administration at Tuskegee University[36]
Edith QuimbyHonorary, 1951Medical researcher, physicist, and one of the founders of nuclear medicine
Adrienne Sophie RaylMathematician and University of Alabama Extension Center (now the University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Elizabeth Wagner ReedGeneticist and one of the first scientists to work on Drosophila speciation[37]
Mina ReesHonorary, 1971Head of the mathematics department of the Office of Naval Research
Sally RideHonorary, 1989NASA astronaut and physicist
Jane Sands RobbHonorary, 1939Professor of pharmacology at State University of New York Upstate Medical University[38]
Mary Dora RogickHonorary, 1965Zoologist, professor and researcher at the College of New Rochelle
Nina RoscherHonorary, 1982Professor and chair of the chemistry department at American University
Florence R. SabinHonorary, 1926First woman to hold a full professorship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Rosemary S. J. SchraerHonorary, 1990Chancellor of the University of California, Riverside
Florence B. SeibertHonorary, 1943Biochemist who identified the active agent in the antigen tuberculin
Mary Lura SherrillHonorary, 1950Chemical researcher and professor at Mount Holyoke College
Patricia SilveyraProfessor and chair of Environmental and Occupational Health at Indiana University School of Public Health[39]
Maxine SingerHonorary, 1988Molecular biologist and administrator.of Carnegie Institution of Washington
Maud SlyeHonorary 1931Pathologist at the University of Chicago
Thressa StadtmanHonorary, 1987Biochemist who discovered selenocysteine
Anna StaffordMathematician with the Institute for Advanced Study
Ruth StokesMathematician, cryptologist, and astronomer
Evelyn Butler TildenMicrobiologist at the National Institutes of Health and Northwestern University Dental School[40]
Marjorie TownsendHonorary, 1995Electrical engineer and the first woman to manage a spacecraft launch for NASA
Bertha Van HoosenHonorary, 1931
Ellen VitettaHonorary, 1995
Lydia Villa-KomaroffHonorary, 2001
Roxana VivianMathematics professor
Joni WallisHonorary, 2023Neurophysiologist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley
Evelyn J. WeberBiochemist, agronomist, and faculty of the Agronomy Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign[41]
Marion WebsterHonorary, 1970Biochemist who was the first to isolate the Vi antigen of typhoid[42]
Elizabeth WeisburgerHonoray, 1977Chemist with the National Cancer Institute[43]
Marie Johanna WeissMathematician, university professor, and textbook author
Cynthia WestcottAlphaPlant pathologist, author, and contributor to The New York Times, House and Garden, and The American Home[44]
Anna Johnson Pell WheelerHonorary, 1931
Anna Rachel WhitingHonorary, 1965Geneticist[45]
Frances WickHonorary, 1934Physicist known for her studies on luminescence
Evelyn Prescott WigginMathematician and professor at Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Mary Louisa WillardHonorary, 1957
Chien-Shiung WuHonorary, 1973Experimental physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project
Emily Kathryn WyantDeltaMathematician and founder of Kappa Mu Epsilon[46]
Rosalyn Sussman YalowHonorary, 1978Co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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Notes and References

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  3. News: 1930-07-25 . Large Tea Given Today by Sigma Delta Epsilon . 2024-09-16 . Wisconsin State Journal . Madison, Wisconsin . 9 . Newspapers.com.
  4. Web site: Guide to the Sigma Delta Epsilon records, 1920-2012. . 2024-09-16 . Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
  5. [Judy Green (mathematician)|Green, Judy]
  6. Web site: Sigma Delta Epsilon Minutes 1929-1930 . 2024-09-16 . Great Nebraska Naturalists & Scientists . en-US.
  7. Web site: Sigma Delta Epsilon Iota Chapter . 2024-09-16 . Nebraska Archives Online . University of Nebraska.
  8. Novikova . Gloriia . May 2020 . https://mailchi.mp/gwis/dr-emma-benn-on-encouragement-belonging-and-inferential-approach-to-health-disparities-research?e=[UNIQID Dr. Emma Benn: On Encouragement, Belonging and Inferential Approach to Health Disparities Research ]. GWIS Lead . September 26, 2024 . Graduate Women in Science.
  9. News: 1937-12-27 . Woman Scientist to be Speaker at Luncheon . 2024-09-15 . The Indianapolis Star . 5 . Newspapers.com.
  10. News: 1971-04-08 . City Nativ Gets Education Post . 2024-09-15 . The Pittsburgh Press . 20 . Newspapers.com.
  11. Web site: Ethaline Cortelyou . 2024-09-16 . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Women in Science and Engineering . en.
  12. Web site: Honorary Members . September 15, 2024 . Graduate Women in Science.
  13. Web site: Bernice Black Durand – Plaza of Heroines . 2024-09-16 . Iowa State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences . en-US.
  14. News: January 24, 1936 . Local Scientific Club Joins National Group . September 15, 2024 . Penn State Collegian . Newspaper Archive.
  15. Web site: GWIS History - Graduate Women In Science . 2017-03-10 . www.gwis.org.
  16. Web site: About Dr. Laura Hare . 2024-09-15 . Hare Trust.
  17. Web site: The Laura Hare Nature Preserve at Downey Hill . 2024-09-15 . Sycamore Land Trust.
  18. Web site: 2023-03-22 . Dr. Laura Hare . 2024-09-15 . Crown Hill Foundation . en-US.
  19. Web site: Laura Hare Nature Preserve at Downey Hill . 2024-09-15 . Brown County Indiana . en-US.
  20. Web site: 2019-10-11 . Laura Hare Preserve at Blossom Hollow . 2024-09-15 . Central Indiana Land Trust . en-US.
  21. Web site: Edith Haynes: University Honors and Awards: Indiana University . 2024-09-15 . University Honors & Awards . en-US.
  22. News: 1935-09-09 . Hinrichs Published 24 Papers . 2024-09-16 . The Free Press . Carbondale, Illinois . 1 . Newspapers.com.
  23. News: Summer 1984 . Alumni Profile: Ariel C. Hollinshead . September 15, 2024 . Ohio University Today . 9.
  24. News: November 11, 1988 . Hope E. Hopps Dies at 62 . 2 September 2021 . Washington Post.
  25. Novikova . Gloriia . December 2020 . Dr. Janina Jeff talks embracing your true self, passion for genetics, and decoding the lost histories and futures of African descended Americans through the lens of Black culture . GWIS Leader . September 26, 2024 . Gradute Women in Science.
  26. “Related to the Association as a Whole. Society of the Sigam Xi, American Nature Study Society, Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Alpha Graduate Scientific Fratering, Gamma Alpha Graduate Scientific Fraternity, Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women's Scientific Fraternity." Science, vol. 75,1936 (1932): 171-2. doi:10.1126/science.75.1936.171.
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  28. Web site: Mahin Khatami . 2024-09-16 . www.intechopen.com . en.
  29. Book: Ogilvie . Marilyn . The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century . Harvey . Joy . 2003-12-16 . Routledge . 9781135963439 . en.
  30. Web site: Stephens . Tim . Plant scientist Jean Langenheim honored by Graduate Women in Science . 2024-09-16 . UC Santa Cruz News . en.
  31. 2018 . No Boundaries: The Spirit and Science of Lynne Maquat . Rochester Medicine . 1 . issuu.
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  39. February 2017 . Patricia Silveyra: Argentinian Asthma Researcher Breaks Barriers for Latinas, Extols Benefits of GWIS . GWIS Lead . Graduate Women in Science.
  40. [Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie|Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey]
  41. Web site: Evelyn Weber Obituary (2008) - Champaign/Urbana, IL - The News-Gazette . 2024-09-16 . Legacy.com.
  42. Web site: Early Women Scientists of NIH, Part 1 . 2024-09-16 . NIH Intramural Research Program.
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