University of Denver Winter 2023

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ODDS & ENDS Inspiration from a hands-on scientist

Women pursuing science degrees at the University of Denver have an impressive role model in alumna Essie White Cohn (BS), who served on the chemistry faculty from 1943–1963. Her husband, Byron, also a DU alum and a physics professor, was instrumental in founding the Mount Evans High Altitude Laboratory. There, Essie

Cohn participated in several studies on the effects of high altitude on nutrition. She also served as editor of the Abstract Journal of the Colorado-Wyoming Academy of Science for three years and was editor of The Iotan, the journal of Iota Sigma Pi, the honorary chemical society for women.

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