Patsy Ann McLaughlin

Patsy Ann "Pat" McLaughlin (27 May 1932 – 4 April 2011), was an American carcinologist and was regarded as one of the most influential scientists in her field.

[1] She attended both Palo Alto Junior and Senior High School and graduated in 1946.

[1] After serving in the United States Air Force, McLaughlin returned to tertiary education again attending the University of Washington, Seattle where Dixie Lee Ray encouraged her to consider studying the natural sciences.

[2] From 1975 McLaughlin obtained a position as a research scientist and was also a courtesy professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University.

[1] McLaughlin died on the 4th of April 2011 and her ashes were placed in Fidalgo Bay, Washington.