Nobel Laureate Dies (Dr. Rosalyn S. Yalow)

[Geezer]

link:https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/us/02yalow.html"

Dr. Yalow told interviewers that she had known from the time she was 8 years old that she wanted to be a scientist in an era when women were all but prohibited from science careers. She loved the logic of science and its ability to explain the natural world, she said.

She went on to Hunter College, becoming its first physics major and graduating with high honors at only 19. After she applied to Purdue University for a graduate assistantship to study physics, the university wrote back to her professor: “She is from New York. She is Jewish. She is a woman. If you can guarantee her a job afterward, we’ll give her an assistantship.”

No guarantee was possible, and the rejection hurt, Dr. Yalow told an interviewer. “They told me that as a woman, I’d never get into graduate school in physics,” she said, “so they got me a job as a secretary at the College of Physicians and Surgeons and promised that, if I were a good girl, I would take courses there.” The college is part of Columbia University.

 

[lisab]

What an amazing woman she was! RIP, and thank you, Dr. Yalow.

 

[micromass]

Rest in Peace!

She is a great example for scientists all over the world. Amazing how she kept on going while facing so many challenges. A fine human being!

 

[Geezer]

She is a great example for scientists all over the world. Amazing how she kept on going while facing so many challenges. A fine human being!

Exactly how I feel about her.

 

[Astronuc]

From the NY Times article:

Their [Yalow and Berson] work challenged what was then accepted wisdom . . .

Two-thumbs up!

RIP, Dr. Yalow