User:Tuere82/Dorothy Virginia Nightingale

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 * Personal Life = Nightingale was born in Colorado in 1906 to Jennie Beem and William Nightingale. Her mother was a teacher before she held a position as a secretary. William Nightingale supported family by working as a rancher. At the age of seventeen Nightingale and her family moved to Columbia Missouri.(3) Nightingale never married however her student became like her extended family.(3) After retirement she moved back to Colorado where she was born, to live the remaining of her life in a retirement community called Frasier Meadows. ( 2) She found enjoyment in mountain climbing and taking pictures of wildflower fields. Nightingale also loved to travel. (3)
 * Education = Nightingale's mother Jennie Beem was very influential in Nightingale educational experience.Her mother worked in a boarding house  and exposed young Nightingale to the academia environment. In fact, group of students took young Nightingale to the nearby Colorado state college where they performed varies experiment in a chemistry lab.(3) At the age of seventeen
 * in fact,Nightingale began her postsecondary education working as a grader in  the German language department. She had her mind set on becoming a high school language teacher. However, Herman Schlundt a college professor at the university of Missouri was a supportive figure in Nightingale’s future and he convinced her to attend graduate school so she could accomplish her dream of becoming a teacher but at the college level. Nightingale  was in the Graduating class of 1922 at the University of Missouri where she earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry.  Nightingale remained at the university and in the following year of 1923 she received her Master of Science degree. Her final thesis was based on the organomagnesium halides and luminescent compounds. After earning her MS degree Nightingale started teaching at the University of Missouri. However,  in 1928 she decided to take a leave of absence from her chemistry instructor faculty duties to earn her Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. Nightingale gale doctoral thesis focused on studies in the Merexide and Alloxantine series. Nightengale was a member of the Honors society during her time at the University of Chicago.
 * in fact,Nightingale began her postsecondary education working as a grader in  the German language department. She had her mind set on becoming a high school language teacher. However, Herman Schlundt a college professor at the university of Missouri was a supportive figure in Nightingale’s future and he convinced her to attend graduate school so she could accomplish her dream of becoming a teacher but at the college level. Nightingale  was in the Graduating class of 1922 at the University of Missouri where she earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry.  Nightingale remained at the university and in the following year of 1923 she received her Master of Science degree. Her final thesis was based on the organomagnesium halides and luminescent compounds. After earning her MS degree Nightingale started teaching at the University of Missouri. However,  in 1928 she decided to take a leave of absence from her chemistry instructor faculty duties to earn her Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. Nightingale gale doctoral thesis focused on studies in the Merexide and Alloxantine series. Nightengale was a member of the Honors society during her time at the University of Chicago.

Career= After completing her Ph.D Nightingale returned to the University of Missouri where she started her career.Nightingale dedicated a great deal of her time to government research projects during her career. In fact in 1942 -1945 she was a member of the Scientific and Development committee for Medical research where she helped develop antimalarial medicines. In 1946 Nightingale focused her research on synthetic organic chemistry at the University of California in Los Angeles.Nightingale's  research contributed to making cleaner more productive detergents and rubbers. In addition, her research on alkylation and acylation led to the production of high- octane gasoline. As a result of Nightingale's research 56 scientific journals where generated.

Over the years she continued to advanced throughout the chemistry department from instructor, to assistant professor, and in 1958 she finally became a professor. In 1959 Nightingale was awarded the Garvan Medal for her outstanding research and teaching accomplishments.In 1972 Nightingale stopped teaching and served as a member of the Emeritus committee until 1975 .Before she retired Nightingale became the director of graduate studies at the University of Missouri. Moreover, Nightingale gale started to analyze the statistics of woman’s advancement in the science educational field. She was concerned about the lack of opportunities be offered to woman to help further their advancement in the educational science field. She used herself as a case study because compared to the average males during that time period. it took Nightingale double the time to become a professor 30 years instead of the usual 15. Furthermore, throughout Nightingale's professional career she gained memberships to several prestigious honors groups. Nightingale was not only a member of the American Chemical Society but she was the vice president and treasurer of the Missouri's Chemical Society division. Also she served as the local vice president for Phi Beta and local president for the Sigma Delta Epsilon.(2)

1.) The Biographical Dictionary of Woman of Science. Ogilvie, Marilyn and Harvey Joy
2.) www.mospace.unsystem.edu

3.) Chemical and Engineering News

4.)www. Archieve.org