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l/iii Jeanne Aiayfifid,<br />
wi-ond t~iomun<br />
gri:iluutf student iri<br />
biology<br />
FEBRUARY, 1957<br />
Lrudi, pr<strong>of</strong>e-ii-or (A Lining). Her ilie-i? iii prepdidtion<br />
concerns prohle~ns <strong>of</strong> 1) ?ugt-ny-the study <strong>of</strong> temperate<br />
vim-if. 11 ,ill gee? bell, Bttty -hould gci lier Pltf> thi-i<br />
June, after wliicli ,-ilie IIO~J~~? to work in the field oi Ii~aic<br />
resea i r11 on vii uses<br />
hdn Jesuine Mayficld i5 the biology division's second<br />
woman gradudte rimlent. She was lured hoe, df'tt~i a<br />
yfsi.u <strong>of</strong> riuiJ) at Stanlord 1~iiivt~rs-ity, hy the<br />
~oik <strong>of</strong> I{ogtfr Sptsiry and liih group in pfcjchoLio1ogy.<br />
Je~iiiit; (>he duesit li?t th4t first iidiiie JHM~Werprcidllj<br />
ctiound heie. Jwn it &UIII- nut. ir Jier Icithtbi'a<br />
~iatuc*~ hiit ihi! uiil) J..%a;-oii Ji'dii~ii iiilifiitcii ii Wd? ilidi<br />
her mothel thought it rounded -o nice with .ki~iiin--j<br />
r 7<br />
l~oiii in 1 hiiehciIJ Mont uid Hit: A1 9 fir Ida imn i il I u<br />
CdIifoiiii.t when Jemiie HJ: {lijitt )oiing dud -he Mein<br />
to Chiiio .High Sihool d d<br />
lo ./-'i.inr~i,i wht-n ~lir tt~joied<br />
in Liologj \\d- elected to Phi Heti kdppa. and grddudied<br />
?iirnrm cum laude.<br />
Jeaniie went to St~~it'o~ (l to do nuclei grduatt; MOIL<br />
in flit- depai tineiit <strong>of</strong> embr) olug) . uiide~ Victoi (;.<br />
Twit$}. Her studies then; veie on the deieiopirie~it <strong>of</strong><br />
the nervous >)stem <strong>of</strong> salanidiidefi, bul after spending<br />
ronic time with thebe cieatme?, ?he dc^~loped au intci-<br />
eat in ttudying the highci pioceases <strong>of</strong> the cential ner-<br />
IJIIÃ rj?teni. As a ieaiijl. & ~bdndorieij her dnidbit; but<br />
dull-uittcd haldmilil(~ci.i -uid cdnle lo work CaIttit1.i<br />
iirider Rogei Sperry, pi<strong>of</strong>e5sor <strong>of</strong> psj chohiologj .<br />
Here. Jeanne maintains a collection <strong>of</strong> higlilj intdligent<br />
fish. By enticing them 'with food, .;he lids taught<br />
them to tell the diffeierice lietween diffeient colors and<br />
e\en different patteinb. One <strong>of</strong> her hmaik;-t pupils is dii<br />
^istronotus- a tropicdl fish called Oscar for shoit--~Jiich<br />
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