Professor Emerita, Environmental Health and Engineering; PhD, Harvard University
Education: B.A. in Economics St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia (1949); M.S. in Botany, University of Illinois, Urbana (1951); PH.D. in Biology, Harvard University (Radcliffe College) (1956).
Employment: Laboratory technician, Geological Survey of Canada 1949 to 1950; assistant professor part time University of Iowa and Rutgers University and part time research scientist Princeton University (1958-1969), research scientist (1974-1994) and full professor with tenure (1994-2089) Johns Hopkins University.
Research: My research has focused on the natural forests of Maryland, the urban forests of Baltimore, and the paleoecological history of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem.
Current Interests: Writing a book on the History of the Chesapeake Ecosystem