Anna Chao Pai (b. 1935)

Creator: Burrows, Ted..Subject: Pai, Anna C. 1935-. Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Sweet Briar College..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Topic: Genetics. Women scientists..Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-0795]..Summary: When this photograph was distributed, Anna Chao Pai (b. 1935) was a predoctoral student in the Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, working with Dr. Salome Waelsch on developmental genetics and cross-breeding special strains of mice. The granddaughter of a Chinese warlord (Marshal Chang Tso Lin), Anna Chao had immigrated to the United States in 1940 with her family and had graduated from Sweet Briar College in 1957. Author of Foundations of Genetics (1974) and other works, she described her remarkable life journey and career in remarks ("Challenges, Privilege, and Obligation") delivered at the Sweet Briar College Commencement, May 10, 2008..Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archivess..Persistent URL:Link to data base record ( http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&uri=full=3100001~!306366~!0#focus ) ..Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives ( http://siarchives.si.edu ) ..View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. ( http://collections.si.edu )