Elizabeth Ann Nalley (also known as Ann Nalley) is an American chemist and professor of chemistry at Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Elizabeth Ann Nalley | |
---|---|
Born | |
Alma mater | Northeastern State University, Oklahoma State University, Texas Woman's University |
Awards | Iota Sigma Pi Award in Professional Excellence (2005) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | Cameron University |
Nalley was born in July, 1942 at Catron, Missouri.[1] She received a B.S. in chemical education from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, in 1965, an M.S. in analytical chemistry from Oklahoma State University in 1969, and a Ph.D. in radiation chemistry from Texas Woman's University in 1975.[1][2][3] Her career as a chemistry instructor began before she finished her undergraduate education, with a stint as a chemistry teacher at Muskogee Central High School from 1964 to 1965. In 1969, she joined the Cameron University faculty as an instructor, and she has been a full professor (Cameron's first female full professor) since 1978.[1][2]
Nalley has also served for 21 years on the board of directors of the honor society Phi Kappa Phi and was president from 1995 to 1998.[4] In 2005, she was given the Iota Sigma Pi Award in Professional Excellence.[5] She served as president of the American Chemical Society in 2006,[6][7] and received the ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences in 2015.[8]