of the American Physical Society 2003-2006 Toyota Chair, MIT 2003 OMNOVA Solutions Signature University Award for Outstanding Research in Polymers 2002 Materials Research Society Woody Award 2001-2006 MIT MacVicar Faculty Fellow 1999 John H. Dillon Medal of the American Physical Society 1998 Materials Research Society Outstanding Young Investigator Award Personal life In 1994 Mayes was diagnosed with breast cancer. When three surgeries and intense chemotherapy failed, she underwent a clinical trial that eradicated the cancer in 1997 but left her immune system compromised. Anne Mayes was married to fellow MIT Professor Donald Sadoway for a period of time while they were both at MIT. Mayes married Glenn Mailand in 2004. After Mayes retired from MIT in 2006, she moved back to her hometown of Mustang, Oklahoma. Mayes died on January 25, 2011, after a battle with pulmonary fibrosis resulting from her cancer treatment. References External links Audio interview 1964 births 2011 deaths American materials scientists MIT School of Engineering alumni Northwestern University alumni MIT School of Engineering faculty Scientists from Oklahoma Fellows of the American Physical Society Women materials scientists and engineers