Ellinor Behre was born on September 28, 1886. Ellinor died in January 1982 at 95 years of age. We know that Ellinor Behre had been residing in Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Daughter of Charles Henry Behre Sr. and Emilie H. (Schumann) Behre
Sister of Edwine Behre, Theodore Schumann Behre, Edna Behre and Charles Henry Behre Jr.
Died 28 Jan 1982 in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina.
Ellinor H. Behre (1886-1982) was a true pioneer for women as a scientist, researcher, and educator. A native of Atlanta, she received her bachelor of science at Radcliffe College and her PhD at the University of Chicago. She was the first woman to undertake an expedition across Central America accompanied by five native guides for collection of fish for the national museum. In 1908, she founded and administered an experimental school for children in Atlanta for four years. She joined the LSU faculty in the Department of Zoology in 1920 as the first zoologist on the faculty to hold a PhD. She was also the first biology faculty member in the entire state to hold a PhD. She established the University’s first marine biology laboratory on the Gulf Coast, was a charter member of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences, and was a founding member of the LSU Chapter of Sigma Xi. She specialized in the area of ichthyology, working at various times for the US Bureau of Fisheries in North Carolina, the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and the Carnegie Institute of Embryology in Pittsburgh. She had a long association with the Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and was vice president of the society for a time. After her retirement from LSU in 1957, she continued lecturing and mentoring high school students in Black Mountain, North Carolina, offering summer sessions teaching freshwater biology. Colleagues have stated that perhaps her greatest contribution was the broadening of horizons of young people, especially young women in science, encouraging them to live up to their potential and to be independent in their thinking. She is a highly respected and well-remembered mentor of two generations of LSU graduates.
Daughter of Charles Henry Behre Sr. and Emilie H. (Schumann) Behre
Sister of Edwine Behre, Theodore Schumann Behre, Edna Behre and Charles Henry Behre Jr.
Died 28 Jan 1982 in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina.
Ellinor H. Behre (1886-1982) was a true pioneer for women as a scientist, researcher, and educator. A native of Atlanta, she received her bachelor of science at Radcliffe College and her PhD at the University of Chicago. She was the first woman to undertake an expedition across Central America accompanied by five native guides for collection of fish for the national museum. In 1908, she founded and administered an experimental school for children in Atlanta for four years. She joined the LSU faculty in the Department of Zoology in 1920 as the first zoologist on the faculty to hold a PhD. She was also the first biology faculty member in the entire state to hold a PhD. She established the University’s first marine biology laboratory on the Gulf Coast, was a charter member of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences, and was a founding member of the LSU Chapter of Sigma Xi. She specialized in the area of ichthyology, working at various times for the US Bureau of Fisheries in North Carolina, the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and the Carnegie Institute of Embryology in Pittsburgh. She had a long association with the Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and was vice president of the society for a time. After her retirement from LSU in 1957, she continued lecturing and mentoring high school students in Black Mountain, North Carolina, offering summer sessions teaching freshwater biology. Colleagues have stated that perhaps her greatest contribution was the broadening of horizons of young people, especially young women in science, encouraging them to live up to their potential and to be independent in their thinking. She is a highly respected and well-remembered mentor of two generations of LSU graduates.
Ellinor Behre was born on September 28, 1886. Ellinor died in January 1982 at 95 years of age. We know that Ellinor Behre had been residing in Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Daughter of Charles Henry Behre Sr. and Emilie H. (Schumann) Behre
Sister of Edwine Behre, Theodore Schumann Behre, Edna Behre and Charles Henry Behre Jr.
Died 28 Jan 1982 in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina.
Ellinor H. Behre (1886-1982) was a true pioneer for women as a scientist, researcher, and educator. A native of Atlanta, she received her bachelor of science at Radcliffe College and her PhD at the University of Chicago. She was the first woman to undertake an expedition across Central America accompanied by five native guides for collection of fish for the national museum. In 1908, she founded and administered an experimental school for children in Atlanta for four years. She joined the LSU faculty in the Department of Zoology in 1920 as the first zoologist on the faculty to hold a PhD. She was also the first biology faculty member in the entire state to hold a PhD. She established the University’s first marine biology laboratory on the Gulf Coast, was a charter member of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences, and was a founding member of the LSU Chapter of Sigma Xi. She specialized in the area of ichthyology, working at various times for the US Bureau of Fisheries in North Carolina, the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and the Carnegie Institute of Embryology in Pittsburgh. She had a long association with the Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and was vice president of the society for a time. After her retirement from LSU in 1957, she continued lecturing and mentoring high school students in Black Mountain, North Carolina, offering summer sessions teaching freshwater biology. Colleagues have stated that perhaps her greatest contribution was the broadening of horizons of young people, especially young women in science, encouraging them to live up to their potential and to be independent in their thinking. She is a highly respected and well-remembered mentor of two generations of LSU graduates.
Daughter of Charles Henry Behre Sr. and Emilie H. (Schumann) Behre
Sister of Edwine Behre, Theodore Schumann Behre, Edna Behre and Charles Henry Behre Jr.
Died 28 Jan 1982 in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina.
Ellinor H. Behre (1886-1982) was a true pioneer for women as a scientist, researcher, and educator. A native of Atlanta, she received her bachelor of science at Radcliffe College and her PhD at the University of Chicago. She was the first woman to undertake an expedition across Central America accompanied by five native guides for collection of fish for the national museum. In 1908, she founded and administered an experimental school for children in Atlanta for four years. She joined the LSU faculty in the Department of Zoology in 1920 as the first zoologist on the faculty to hold a PhD. She was also the first biology faculty member in the entire state to hold a PhD. She established the University’s first marine biology laboratory on the Gulf Coast, was a charter member of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences, and was a founding member of the LSU Chapter of Sigma Xi. She specialized in the area of ichthyology, working at various times for the US Bureau of Fisheries in North Carolina, the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and the Carnegie Institute of Embryology in Pittsburgh. She had a long association with the Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and was vice president of the society for a time. After her retirement from LSU in 1957, she continued lecturing and mentoring high school students in Black Mountain, North Carolina, offering summer sessions teaching freshwater biology. Colleagues have stated that perhaps her greatest contribution was the broadening of horizons of young people, especially young women in science, encouraging them to live up to their potential and to be independent in their thinking. She is a highly respected and well-remembered mentor of two generations of LSU graduates.
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