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The late Dr. Alice C Evans, 94, a native of neath, Pa was an internationally known bacteriologist who identified the organism producing undulant fever in man. At the time of her recent death at Goodwin House in Alexandria after suffering a stroke, this information on her background was not known locally.
- USA, Pennsylvania
- January 29, 1881
- Neath, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Evans had a stroke at the age of 94 and died on September 5, 1975, in Alexandria, Virginia. Her tombstone reads, "The gentle hunter, having pursued and tamed her quarry, crossed over to a new home". Awards and honors. First female president of the Society of American Bacteriologists, elected in 1928
- January 29, 1881, Neath, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Demonstrating that Bacillus abortus caused brucellosis
- September 5, 1975 (aged 94), Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
She was notified of a vacancy, applied, and was hired as a bacteriologist in the Laboratory. She joined a team working to improve the serum treatment for epidemic meningitis. Evans retired in 1945 from the National Institute (later Institutes) of Health.
Alice Catherine Evans (I88I-I975) JOHN L. PARASCANDOLA. ya as LICE CATHERINE EVANS, microbiologist, ^ ~ played a crucial role in the recognition of the disease brucellosis as a public health problem and in the acceptance of the need to pasteurize milk. Evans was born on January z9, I 88 I, on a farm in Neath, Penn- sylvania, the younger of two ...
Alice C. Evans holding a test tube while working in a lab. It was in a lab like this one where she discovered the brucellosis bacteria. The marker located near the former Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, where Evans graduated from.
Apr 23, 2024 · Alice Evans (born January 29, 1881, Neath, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died September 5, 1975, Arlington, Virginia) was an American scientist whose landmark work on pathogenic bacteria in dairy products was central in gaining acceptance of the pasteurization process to prevent disease.
Jan 28, 2020 · And it’s an opportune moment to remember the pioneer to whom we owe safe milk, American microbiologist Alice Catherine Evans, whose landmark discovery found acceptance despite resistance from those who were suspicious of a woman without a doctorate or medical degree.
