Janet Howell Clark

Janet Howell Clark
Janet Howell Clark
Born	January 1, 1889; Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died	February 12, 1969, aged 80
Education	Bryn Mawr College; Johns Hopkins University
Known for	Dean of the Women’s College and professor of biological sciences at the University of Rochester
Spouse(s)	Dr. Admont Halsey Clark (1917 - 1918, his death)
Children	1

Janet Howell Clark (January 1, 1889 – February 12, 1969) was an American physiologist and biophysicist.[1]

Early life and education

Clark was born Janet Howell on January 1, 1889, in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Anne Janet Tucker and William Henry Howell, a professor of physiology at Johns Hopkins University and director of Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.[2] She attended Bryn Mawr School, a Quaker school in Pennsylvania, graduating top of her class in 1906 and winning a scholarship to attend Bryn Mawr College where she majored in physics.[1] In 1913 she received her PhD in physics from Johns Hopkins University. She began her career teaching physics at Bryn Mawr in 1914. [3]

Personal life

In 1917, Janet Howell married Dr. Admont Halsey Clark, a professor in Pathology at Johns Hopkins University Medical School, who died in 1918 at age 30 due to Spanish influenza epidemic. The couple had one daughter.[1]

Academic career

On her husband's death she returned to live with her parents, accepting a position in the Department of Physiology at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, where she focused on the effects of radiation on human eyesight, beginning as an instructor in physiological hygiene before becoming an associate in 1923. She had a particular interest in visible and ultraviolet light, infrared light, and X-ray radiation. [1][3]

American Association of University Women

In 1938, she became dean of the Women's College and professor of biological sciences at the University of Rochester.[4][5]

References

Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000). The biographical dictionary of women in science : pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century. v. 2, L-Z. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-203-80145-8. OCLC 68001017.
Greer, Spencer; Health, JH Bloomberg School of Public. "Deans of the School". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
Office of Public Relations, University of Rochester (1970). "Janet Howell Clark (1889-1969)". Radiation Research. 42 (2): 424–425. JSTOR 3572809. PMID 4909926.
Rossiter, Margaret W. (1982). Women scientists in America : struggles and strategies to 1940. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-2443-5. OCLC 8052928.
Miller-Bernal, Leslie; Poulson, Susan L. (2004). Going coed : women's experiences in formerly men's colleges and universities, 1950-2000 (1st ed.). Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press. ISBN 1-4237-3122-0. OCLC 62188405.

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[:0-1] Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000). The biographical dictionary of women in science : pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century. v. 2, L-Z. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-203-80145-8. OCLC 68001017.

[2] Greer, Spencer; Health, JH Bloomberg School of Public. "Deans of the School". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Retrieved 2020-05-13.

[:1-3] Office of Public Relations, University of Rochester (1970). "Janet Howell Clark (1889-1969)". Radiation Research. 42 (2): 424–425. JSTOR 3572809. PMID 4909926.

[4] Rossiter, Margaret W. (1982). Women scientists in America : struggles and strategies to 1940. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-2443-5. OCLC 8052928.

[5] Miller-Bernal, Leslie; Poulson, Susan L. (2004). Going coed : women's experiences in formerly men's colleges and universities, 1950-2000 (1st ed.). Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press. ISBN 1-4237-3122-0. OCLC 62188405.