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Doris Gnauck White (24 December 1926 – 19 November 2001) was a science educator and a researcher of the biochemical and biophysical foundations of agriculture. She won fame for her skill in curing sick chickens.〔(Luby Pollack: "The Little Doc". Collier's Weekly, February 23, 1946, pp. 32-39 )〕 ==Life== Gnauck was born in Milwaukee.〔Who's Who of American Women 1999-2000, p. 1108〕 Her parents had immigrated from Germany. The father, Paul Benjamin Gnauck, was an aviation pioneer〔(Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame )〕 and the mother, Johanna born Syring, was a teacher.〔(The Milwaukee Journal, October 25, 1978 )〕 Gnauck grew up on a farm in Granville and graduated from Shorewood High School.〔(The Milwaukee Journal, August 30, 1944 )〕 In 1944, Gnauck won a University of Wisconsin scholarship. From her early years she cared for chickens. In 1946 she published the cartoon ''Chick Doctor''.〔(Davidson Educational Comics Reference )〕 Working on the university's poultry experimental farm, she came in touch with questions of genetics, vitamine deficiencies and hormones. In 1949 she graduated from the University of Wisconsin, qualified to teach vocational agriculture, but she was not admitted to do so, supposedly because she was a woman.〔Floyd Doering: "Waunakee High School". 1994〕 Later Gnauck taught at a U.S. Army Military Prison and natural sciences at high schools in Wisconsin. For the United States Department of Agriculture she investigated genetic resistance of wheat. Gnauck wrote her first Ph.D. on horticulture, but then she turned to entomology. In 1954, Gnauck married Donald Lawrence White.〔(The Milwaukee Sentinel, November 3, 1954 )〕 Gnauck White received her doctoral degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1956.〔(Richard, George (ed.) / Wisconsin alumnus, Volume 56, Number 9, January 15, 1955 )〕 Together with her husband she went to Hunterdon. In 1960, she was appointed assistant professor for mathematics and science at the William Paterson University. She investigated AIDS transmission by insects and worked for the American Environmental Laboratory.〔(Palm Beach Daily News, May 3, 1987 )〕 Gnauck White was an active member of the Methodist Church.〔(Article on cancer in "Together" Magazine for Methodist Families, April 1967 )〕 In 2001, she died in Annandale. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Doris Gnauck White」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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