Lee Ehrman

Lee Ehrman
Lee Ehrman
Born	1935 (age 88–89)
Citizenship	American
Education	Queens College (BS); Columbia University (MS, PhD)
Known for	Behavior genetics
Spouse	Richard Guy Ehrman (m. 1955⁠–⁠2007)
Awards	Behavior Genetics Association's Dobzhansky Award (1988)
	Scientific career
Fields	Genetics
Institutions	State University of New York at Purchase
Thesis	The Genetics of Hybrid Sterility in Drosophila Paulistorum (1959)
Academic advisors	Theodosius Dobzhansky

Lee Ehrman (born 1935) is an American geneticist and a distinguished professor of biology at State University of New York at Purchase known for her research on Drosophila fruit flies.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Early life and education

Ehrman earned a Bachelor of Science from Queens College of CUNY in 1956.^[5] Ehrman earned her M.S. in 1957 and received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1959, where she studied under Theodosius Dobzhansky. She joined the faculty at Purchase as a founding faculty member in 1970. In 1976, she received Purchase's Chancellor‘s Award for Excellence in Teaching, and she was named a Distinguished Professor of Biology there in 1995.^[6]

Career

Ehrman is a founding faculty member of Purchase College, where she has been teaching since 1970.^[5]

Awards and honors

Ehrman was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1973.^[7] In 1976 she received the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching.^[5] She was president of the Behavior Genetics Association in 1978 and of the American Society of Naturalists in 1990. In 1988, she received the Behavior Genetics Association's Dobzhansky Award. In 1989, she received an honorary Doctor of Science from the City University of New York. She is a member of the American Association of University Women.^[6] She received the rank of Distinguished Professor in 1995 from the State University Board of Trustees.^[5]

References

^ "Richard Guy Ehrman Obituary". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
^ Numbers, Ronald L.; Kampourakis, Kostas (2015-11-04). Newton's Apple and Other Myths about Science. Harvard University Press. p. 114. ISBN 9780674967984.
^ "State U. Branch Growing On Estate Meets Challenge". The New York Times. 1975-06-25. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
^ McKnight, Jim (2003-09-02). Straight Science? Homosexuality, Evolution and Adaptation. Routledge. p. 99. ISBN 9781134727476.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Lee Ehrman". www.purchase.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
^ ^a ^b "Lee Ehrman". State University of New York at Purchase. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
^ "Elected Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 2018-09-29.