| Mary C. Pangborn | |
| Birth Date: | 13 August 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York, US |
| Occupation: | Scientist, writer |
| Relatives: | Edgar Pangborn (brother) |
| Education: | Smith College |
Mary C. Pangborn (August 13, 1907 – February 20, 2003) was an American scientist and writer of science fiction.
Born in Brooklyn, Pangborn attended the Friends School. She graduated from high school at age 14, and entered Smith College a year later. While there she received the Frances A. Hause prize for excellence in chemistry and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.[1]
She discovered the biologically important lipid cardiolipin[2] and published a number of pieces of short fiction in noted anthologies and in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Her only novel, Friar Bacon's Head, remained unpublished as of her death.[3] Science fiction author Edgar Pangborn was her younger brother.