| Mary Pannbacker | |
| Death Place: | Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Nationality: | American |
| Workplaces: | East Texas State University, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport |
| Alma Mater: | Oklahoma College for Women, University of Oklahoma, SUNY at Buffalo |
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| Awards: | Fellow of American Speech-Language-Hearing AssociationDistinguished Service Award from American Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Association |
Mary Pannbacker (died February 16, 2015) was a speech-language pathologist and university professor.[1] She held an endowed chair, the Albertson's Professor of Speech-Language Pathology, at LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport. She was a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Pannbacker attended Oklahoma College for Women, graduating in 1963[2] with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[1] She then earned a Master of Communication Disorders (MCD) from the University of Oklahoma.[1] She received her PhD in Communication Disorders from the State University of New York at Buffalo.[3]
Pannbacker held positions at East Texas State University, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport.[1] At LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport, she held an endowed chair in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences,[1] the Albertson's Professor of Speech-Language Pathology.[1] [4] She was named a professor emerita of LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport in 2014.[3]
Pannbacker was a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), a reviewer for ASHA journals, and a member of the ASHA's legislative council.[3] At the state level, she was president of the Louisiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association.[3] She received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Association.[5]
Pannbacker was survived by three children.[1]