NCC-AWIS: Ellen Weaver Award

in honor of Ellen Weaver, Ph.D.


    Each year, the Northern California Chapters of AWIS present an award in honor of Ellen Weaver.  Ellen Weaver is Past-President of National AWIS.  After receiving her B.A. in chemistry from Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University, she worked as an analytical chemist for the Manhattan Project and Standard Oil of Ohio and Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, CA.  She returned to school, earning her M.A. in biological sciences from Stanford and her Ph.D. in genetics from UC Berkeley.  Dr. Weaver worked for several years on the genetics and mechanism of photosynthesis before joining the faculty of San Jose State University.
    In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Dr. Weaver has served San Jose State as Director of the SJSU Foundation and as Interim Executive Vice President.  Retiring from teaching in 1991, she served two additional years as Associate Dean forDevelopment in the College of Science.  Dr. Weaver has been an officer and director of many professional societies and organizations including Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, Mills College Science Advisory Board, Associated Western Universities, Institute of Marine Resources, the Sea Grant Committee and the American Society of Plant Physiologists.
    Dr. Weaver is a board member of the Semper-Virens Fund, a conservation organization dedicated to acquiring and preserving natural land and scenic vistas in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and thereby extending Big Basin and Castle Rock State Parks.  She previously served as its President.  Dr. Weaver is also on the board of The Textbook League which works towards the improvement of secondary texts in science, history, social sciences, geography and health.  Dr. Weaver was an early member of AWIS, serving as membership chair from 1971-75.  She was national AWIS president from 1992-1993.

2001        Sharron Penn, Ph.D.
                Aeomica, a subsidiary of Molecular Dynamics

2000        Kathryn M. Stephens, Ph.D.
                GeneTrace Systems

1999        Rosario C. Denoga, B.S.
                Bayer Corporation

1998        Aurora Sosa
                Bayer Corporation

1997        Rona G. Giffard, M.D., Ph.D.
                Stanford University School of Medicine

1996        Deborah Bravo, Ph.D.
                Bayer Corporation
 

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