Joan Priscilla Kilbourn
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Joan Kilbourn (15 June 1936 — 10 May 2011)[1] was an American microbiologist and educator.
Kilbourn was born June 15, 1936, in Juneau, Alaska.[1] Her parents were Iris (née Chenoweth) and Jesse Payne.[1]
Kilbourn attended Willamette University from 1954 to 1957 before transferring to the University of Oregon Medical School to finish her B.S. degree in general science 1958.[2] She earned her M.S. in Microbiology in 1960, and had a special interest in Biochemistry.[1]
In 1963, Kilbourn earned a Ph.D. in Microbiology from Oregon State University, again focusing on Biochemistry and adding the study of Mathematics; her dissertation was titled "Use of a Radiation Resistant Organism as a Protectant from Lethal Effects of Irradiation in Mice."[3]