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== Irena Scott == |
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'''Irena (McCammon) Scott''' is an American author and physiologist. She received a BS from Ohio State University, an MS from the University of Nevada, and a PhD from the University of Missouri in the Department of Veterinary Medicine. Her post-doctoral studies were done at Cornell University. |
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She has been employed as an Assistant Professor (Department of Biology) at St. Bonaventure University, and has done research and teaching at the Ohio State University, the University of Missouri, the University of Nevada, and at Battelle Memorial Institute. She was a correspondent for ''Popular Mechanics'' magazine, with articles appearing in the "Technology Update" and "Science" sections. Scott has also worked as a volunteer astronomer at the Ohio State University Radio Telescope in Delaware, Ohio. She is the author of six books and has contributed chapters and articles to numerous scientific journals, magazines, and newspapers. Her listings include ''Who's Who in the World'', ''World Who's Who of Women'', ''Who's Who in the Midwest'', ''Dictionary of International Biography'', and ''Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology'', |
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Her latest book, ''Uncle: My Journey with John Purdue'', is a biography of [[John Purdue]], founder of [[Purdue University]] and of the Purdue Block in [[Lafayette, Indiana]]. <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.booknews.com/ref_issues/ref_nov2008/purdue1.html| title = Book News, Inc. review of Uncle: My Journey with John Purdue| publisher = Book News Inc.| date = 2009| accessdate = 2009-02-22}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web | url = http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008a/080328ScottPurdue.html| title = Jim Bush, “New book 'Uncle' a journey into Purdue founder's life,” Purdue University press release | publisher = Purdue University News| date = 2009| accessdate = 2009-02-22}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.purdueexponent.org/?module=article&story_id=10789| title = Victoria Rumble, “John Purdue's early life found in recently published book,” Purdue University Exponent | publisher = Purdue University News| date = 2009| accessdate = 2009-02-22}}</ref> “Uncle” is foreworded by Pulitzer Prize-nominated author, William Allen, who is the author of ''Starkweather: Inside the Mind of a Teenage Killer'', ''Aransas: The Life of a Texas Coastal County'', and other books. “Uncle” is the first of the Founders Series, published by the [[Purdue University Press]]. <ref>{{cite web | url = http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:5FaG3NECZu4J:www.thepress.purdue.edu/foundersseries.html+%22Uncle:+My+Journey+with+John+Purdue%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=54&gl=us| title = Purdue University Press, The Founders Series |
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| publisher = Purdue University Press | date = 2009| accessdate = 2009-02-20}}</ref> |
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== Bibliography == |
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Scott, Irena McCammon, ''Uncle: My Journey with John Purdue'', Purdue University Press, 2008 |
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Smith, Kevin, “Niece tells John Purdue's story,” L''afayette Journal and Courier'', April 6, 2008 |
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== References == |
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[[Category:Purdue University]] |
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[[Category:History]] |
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[[Category:American biographers]] |
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