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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