| Birth Day | November 30, 1927 |
| Birth Place | Ohio |
| Age | 93 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | Aug 8, 2003 (age 75) |
| Birth Sign | Sagittarius |
American scientist who was a Geneticist and part of the team that performed a 1952 experiment that showed DNA rather than protein is the genetic material of life.
She earned a bachelor's degree from The College of Wooster in 1950 and a PhD from the University of Southern California in 1964.
She suffered from dementia in her later years which caused her to lose short-term memories.
She was raised with her family in Cleveland, Ohio.
She worked as a laboratory assistant to scientist Alfred Hershey in 1952.
