Isabella Abbott
Isabella Aiona Abbott (b. 1919 in Hana, Maui, Hawai'i) is the first native Hawaiian woman to receive a PhD in science.[1]
She was the G.P. Wilder Professor of Botany from 1980 until her retirement, and is now is professor emerita of Botany at the University of Hawai'i.[2]
She received her degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1950 and then began a career as a professor at Stanford University where she taught for 30 years before moving back to Hawaii. She is the author of over 150 publications.[3]She is considered to be the world's leading expert on Hawaiian seaweeds, known in Hawaiian as limu. In 1997 she received a National Academy of Science G.M. Smith Medal. [4]In 2008 she received a lifetime achievement award from the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources.
References
- ^ http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/150/sesq6abbott
- ^ http://www.catalog.hawaii.edu/05-06/pdf/565-572EmeritiFaculty.pdf
- ^ http://www.khnl.com/global/story.asp?S=8913004
- ^ http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/longstory_transcripts/LSS%20126%20Transcript%20-%20Isabella%20Abbott.pdf
- ^ International Plant Names Index. I.A.Abbott.