Foster, Marjorie Greene, 1892-1919.

Foster earned her BA (1914) and MA (1915) at Stanford University in Chemistry; while there she helped start Alchemia, the women's chemistry honor society, and was elected to the Cap and Gown Society and Sigma Xi. She pursued her doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1916 to 1919.

From the description of Marjorie Greene Foster papers, 1913-1930 (bulk 1913-1919). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510533

Biographical Note

Marjorie Greene Foster earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in Chemistry at Stanford, 1914 and 1915 respectively. While at Stanford she helped found Alchemia, the women's Chemistry honor society, and was elected to the Cap and Gown Society and Sigma Xi. She began her doctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1916, holding the George Williams Hooper Fellowship at the Hooper Foundation for Medical Research. She died in 1919 from influenza; her doctorate was awarded posthumously.

From the guide to the Marjorie Greene Foster Papers, 1913-1930 (bulk 1913-1919, (Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.)