Janet McCarter Woolley
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AlmamaterUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
SpouseDilworth Wayne Woolley
Janet McCarter Woolley | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 31, 1906 |
| Died | January 28, 1996 (aged 89) |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Spouse | Dilworth Wayne Woolley |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Bacteriology |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Janet McCarter Woolley (March 4, 1906 – January 28, 1996) was an American bacteriologist. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1944, for her work in immunology.
Janet Ruth McCarter was born in 1906 in Duluth, Minnesota, the daughter of William and Mary Blackburn McCarter. She briefly attended Carleton College, and earned three degrees (Bachelor of Science in 1930, Master of Science in 1931, and Ph.D. in 1933) at the University of Wisconsin. As a doctoral student, she worked with professor E. G. Hastings on tubercule bacilli, which became the focus of her own work for decades.[1]
