Who is Dorothy McClendon?

Answer 1

Microbiologist Dorothy V. McClendon was born in 1924Minden, Louisiana. Her family moved to Michigan for her to attend Cass Technical High School, in Detroit. By the time she graduated, McClendon knew she wanted to be a scientist. In 1948, she gaduated from Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University, in Nashville. She continued her education, back in Michigan with advanced science studies at the University of Detroit and Wayne State University; and in Indiana, at Purdue University of West Lafayette.

Careerwise, McClendon was a public school teacher in Phoenix, Arizona and Eldorado, Arkansas. She then accepted a position that required her relocation back to Michigan. For over two decades now, she has been an industrial microbiologist for the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command in Warren. As research coordinator, she's concerned with the quality control of fuels and military storage materials. To that end, she currently is researching the development of a fungicide that protects storage materials without harming its human handlers.

Answer 2

Dorothy V. McClendon [b. 1924] is known for her work as an industrial microbiologist with the U.S. Army Task Automotive Command [TACOM]. One of TACOM's research concerns is protection of fuel from microbial contamination, and of military storage material from deterioration due to microorganisms. One of its research priorities is the development of fungicides that protect storage material and that don't harm the people who apply them.