McMahan, Elizabeth.

Entomologist Elizabeth A. Betty McMahan, best known for her study of assassin bugs, was born in Pino, North Carolina . Intending to become a high school science teacher, McMahan attended Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., after leaving Pino. While at Appalachian State, a faculty advisor introduced McMahan to parapsychology, and she transferred to Duke University in order to work with J. B. Rhine . From 1943 to 1954, McMahan completed her B.A. and M.A. in psychology and published nine papers.

In 1954, McMahan decided to pursue a degree in entomology . She studied termites at the University of Hawaii, receiving her Ph.D. in 1960. She completed post-doctoral work at the University of Chicago and then took a teaching job at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she taught for 26 years.

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