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Elizabeth K. Worley
A smiling young white woman with dark curly hair, seated at a lab table, in front of a microscope
Elizabeth Tucker Kinney at a microscope, from the Smithsonian Institution
Born
Elizabeth Tucker Kinney

January 5, 1904
South Hadley, Massachusetts
DiedMay 5, 2004
Seattle, Washington
Occupation(s)Zoologist, microbiologist
SpouseLeonard G. Worley

Elizabeth Tucker Kinney Worley (January 5, 1904 – May 5, 2004), was an American zoologist and microbiologist.

Early life and education[edit]

Kinney was born in South Hadley, Massachusetts, the daughter of Asa S. Kinney and Jean B. Tucker Kinney.[1] Her father was a professor of botany and plant science at Mount Holyoke College.[2] To mark her birth, her father planted a copper beech tree near Williston Library on the campus of Mount Holyoke; that tree "has become a fixture on campus: enchanting members of the campus community and visitors alike through the seasons".[3]

Kinney graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1924,[4] and was active in Mount Holyoke alumnae acitivities.[5] She pursued further studies at Washington University, where she earned a master's degree in 1926; she was elected to membership in Sigma Xi while there.[6] She completed a doctorate at Columbia University in 1940, with a dissertation titled "A Study of the Sperm-Forming Components in Three Species of Decapoda" (1939).[7]

Career[edit]

Kinney taught zoology, anatomy, and physiology courses at Washington University, New York University, and the University of Pittsburgh.[8][9] At Barnard College she taught courses and co-led the annual Camp Leadership Course for student leaders.[10] Worley and her biologist husband both taught at Brooklyn College. In the 1940s, they collaborated on research on Golgi bodies,[11][12] and he acknowledged her contributions to his publications.[13] As E. K. Worley, she was still co-authoring research papers on marine invertebrates in the 1970s[14] and 1980s.[15][16][17]

Personal life[edit]

Kinney married biology professor Leonard George Worley in 1931.[8] They had two daughters and lived in Manhasset, New York. Her husband died in 1960.[18][19] She died in 2004, aged 100 years, in Seattle. Two of her diaries are in the Mount Holyoke College Archives.[20]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Alumni news item". The Signal. 14: 71. January 13, 1904.
  2. ^ "Asa Kinney papers". Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections. Archived from the original on 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  3. ^ Nix, Rachel (December 15, 2019). "Generosity grows here". MHC Forever. Archived from the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  4. ^ Mount Holyoke College, Llamarada (1924 yearbook): 110.
  5. ^ "LI Alumnae Will Attend Mount Holyoke Meeting". Newsday (Nassau Edition). 1957-01-18. p. 40. Retrieved 2021-10-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Washington U. Honors New Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi Members". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 1926-05-05. p. 9. Retrieved 2021-10-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ WORLEY, Elizabeth Tucker Kinney (1939). A Study of the Sperm-Forming Components in Three Species of Decapoda ... Extrait de "La Cellule," Etc. [A Thesis.].
  8. ^ a b "Kinney-Worley". The Lincoln Star. 1933-06-18. pp. 13, 14. Retrieved 2021-10-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Bowman Announces New Instructors". Pittsburgh Daily Post. 1926-09-13. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-10-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Elections Held for A.A. Board". Barnard Bulletin. 1939-04-04. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-10-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Worley, L. G.; Worley, E. K. (1943). "Studies of the Supravitally Stained Golgi Apparatus". Journal of Morphology. 73 (2): 365–399. doi:10.1002/jmor.1050730210. S2CID 84406333.
  12. ^ Blakeslee, H. W. (1944-03-22). "Golgies Make the Body Grow". Pottsville Republican. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-10-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Worley, Leonard G. (July 1944). "Studies of the Vitally Stained Golgi Apparatus". Journal of Morphology. 75 (2): 261–289. doi:10.1002/jmor.1050750206. S2CID 85594524.
  14. ^ Worley, E. K.; Franz, D. R.; Hendler, G. (1977-08-01). "Seasonal patterns of gametogenesis in a north atlantic brooding asteroid, leptasterias tenera". The Biological Bulletin. 153 (1): 237–253. doi:10.2307/1540704. ISSN 0006-3185. JSTOR 1540704. PMID 889947.
  15. ^ Franz, D. R.; Worley, E. K.; Merrill, A. S. (1981-06-01). "Distribution patterns of common seastars of the middle atlantic continental shelf of the northwest atlantic (gulf of maine to cape hatteras)". The Biological Bulletin. 160 (3): 394–418. doi:10.2307/1540848. ISSN 0006-3185. JSTOR 1540848.
  16. ^ Franz, David R.; Worley, E.K. (April 1982). "Seasonal variability of prey in the stomachs of Astropecten americanus (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from off southern New England, U.S.A." Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 14 (4): 355–368. Bibcode:1982ECSS...14..355F. doi:10.1016/S0272-7714(82)80008-5.
  17. ^ Worley, E. K. and D. R. Franz. "A comparative study of selected Asterias forbesi (Desor), A. vulgaris Verrill, and A. rubens L., with discussion of possible relationships", Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 96, 524–547 (1983).
  18. ^ "Prof. Leonard Worley 55 Years Old". Kings Courier. 1960-11-19. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-10-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Death of Dr. Leonard Worley in New York". The Plattsmouth Journal. 1960-11-10. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-10-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Collection: Elizabeth Kinney papers". Mount Holyoke and Hampshire College archives. Archived from the original on 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
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