in their amino acid sequence. These data had a profound effect on theories of antibody formation and how antibody specificity was generated. Legend has it that at the annual meeting of the American Association of Immunology where she first presented her data, her talk was received by a standing ovation—quite high praise indeed." In 1965, Koshland became a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, joining its faculty in 1970. She studied molecular biology with David Baltimore in his M.I.T. lab in the late 1970s. From 1982 to 1989 she was chair of Berkeley's Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Later she led that department's Graduate Affairs Division. She also served on the board of the National Science Foundation and was a president of the Council of American Association of Immunologists in 1982 and in 1983. She won the inaugural Excellence in Science Award from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology in 1989 and was honored by the AAI Committee for the Status of Women in Science. Koshland died in Berkeley, California, on October 28, 1997, of lung cancer. The Marian Koshland Science Museum in Washington, D.C., which features exhibits geared toward the general public, and the Marian E. Koshland Integrated Natural Science Center at Haverford College, which houses the elite liberal arts college's science departments, are both named in her honor. Koshland's children, Catherine Koshland and Douglas Koshland, both attended Haverford and, as of September 2021, hold positions at U.C. Berkeley; Catherine has served as executive vice chancellor and provost since July 1, 2021, and Douglas is a professor of molecular and cell biology. Publications References External links Finding Aid to the Marian E. Koshland Papers, 1950-1995, The Bancroft Library 1921 births 1997 deaths American immunologists American medical researchers American microbiologists American women biologists Women immunologists Women medical researchers Women microbiologists Manhattan Project people University of California, Berkeley faculty University of Chicago alumni Vassar College alumni Haas family American people of Danish descent Deaths from lung cancer People from Berkeley, California Scientists from New Haven, Connecticut Scientists from California 20th-century American physicians 20th-century American biologists 20th-century American women scientists Physicians from New Haven, Connecticut 20th-century American women physicians Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Koshland family