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Special Collections Department
Archives of Women in Science and Engineering
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MS 379: ORAL
HISTORY COLLECTION Biographical Note Mary Sue Coleman, a native of Kentucky, attended junior high and high school in Cedar Falls, Iowa. After earning her B.A. (1965) in chemistry from Grinnell and her Ph.D (1969) in Biochemistry from the University of North Carolina, Dr. Coleman conducted postdoctoral work at North Carolina and the University of Texas at Austin. She was a member of the biochemistry faculty (1971-1990) at the University of Kentucky and also served as a Cancer Center administrator (1982-1990). Her research focused on the immune health system and malignancies and her laboratories were continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health. Coleman then served as the associate provost and dean of research (1990-1992) and vice chancellor for graduate studies (1992-1993) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and as provost and vice president for academic affairs (1993-1995) at the University of New Mexico, and President, University of Iowa (1995-2002). In 2002, she was appointed President of the University of Michigan. Coleman has been a member or chair of scientific review panels for the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Burroughs-Wellcome Fund, and the editorial board of the Journal of Biological Chemistry. In 1997 she completed a term as chair of the Hitchings-Elion Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of the Burroughs-Wellcome Fund. In the same year she was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. She is married to Kenneth Coleman, a political scientist specializing in Latin America and a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They have one son, Jonathan, who is a securities analyst for the Janus Capital Corporation in Denver, Colorado. Scope and Content This oral history interview covers the following subjects:
Coleman’s childhood; her early experiences with science; college, graduate and
post-doctoral work; laboratory research; experiences in teaching and university
administration; the impact of mentoring on her career; and balancing a personal life with
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