Alice Evans

Alice Evans

A pioneering microbiologist and a researcher at the US Department of Agriculture

(1881 – 1975)

A pioneering microbiologist and a researcher at the US Department of Agriculture.

The first woman elected president of the Society of American Bacteriologists (elected in 1928).

Inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1993.

Alma mater  

Susquehanna Collegiate Institute

Cornell University

University of Wisconsin–Madison