Rowe, Mary Budd

Rowe earned a bachelor's degree in biology and physics education from New Jersey State University in 1947, a master's in zoology from the University of California-Berkeley in 1954 and a doctorate in science education from Stanford in 1964. She taught at Columbia and the University of Florida and was a visiting professor at Stanford's School of Education from 1990 until her death in 1996. Rowe, an innovator in the use of technology to teach science concepts, headed the science education research division of the National Science Foundation from 1976 to 1980 and was part of the first science education delegation to the People's Republic of China in 1979.

From the description of Mary Budd Rowe papers, circa 1990-1996. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864549

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Rowe earned a bachelor's degree in biology and physics education from New Jersey State University in 1947, a master's in zoology from the University of California-Berkeley in 1954 and a doctorate in science education from Stanford in 1964. She taught at Columbia and the University of Florida and was a visiting professor at Stanford's School of Education from 1990 until her death in 1996. Rowe, an innovator in the use of technology to teach science concepts, headed the science education research division of the National Science Foundation from 1976 to 1980 and was part of the first science education delegation to the People's Republic of China in 1979.

From the guide to the Mary Budd Rowe papers, circa 1990-1996, (Department of Special Collections and University Archives)