Marina Prajmovsky Meyers (1924-1974)
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Creator: Davis, Fremont 1915-1977
Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs
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Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2009-1668
Science Talent Search winner Marina Prajmovsky (Meyers) (1924-1974) used her scholarship to attend Radcliffe College, where she majored in biology. She then received her M.D. at Yale University, conducted research on eye diseases, and eventually became an ophthalmologist in private practice. The original photograph caption referred to the fact that she then had a "vacation" job at Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2009-1668
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-1668]