(Ed. note - As I See It for the Summer '98 issue was replaced for a memorial tribute to Board Member emeritus Marian Elliot Koshland) In Memory of Marian Elliott Koshland Marian Elliott Koshland, died on October 28, 1997 at the Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley. She was 76. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Marian earned her B.A. in bacteriology from Vassar College in 1942 and an M.S. and Ph.D. in immunology from the University of Chicago in 1943 and 1949 respectively. While working on her Ph.D., Marian had the opportunity to work on two defense-related projects: helping develop a vaccine against cholera for the troops, and working as a chemist on the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. From 1949 to 1951 Marian held a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School. She joined the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York in 1952 where she was a bacteriologist and immunologist. In 1965 Marian joined the University of California, Berkeley as associate research immunologist in the virus laboratory. In 1966 she became a lecturer in the department of molecular biology. She was named a professor of the department of microbiology and immunology in 1970, and served as chair of the department from 1982-89. At the time of her death, she was head of the department's Graduate Affairs Division. Among Marian's many contributions to the scientific world was her discovery of the variations in the amino acid composition of antibodies that explained how they recognize invading organisms or other foreign material in the body. First elected to the Board of Managers in 1982, Marian served until 1994; she was elected to emeritus status in 1996. During her years on the Board, she served as chair (1984-1991) and co-chair (1983-84) of the educational affairs committee, and was a member of the long range planning, property, faculty and staff policies and campaign executive committees. Haverford awarded her an honorary Doctor of Science degree at an academic convocation in 1995. In addition to her service on the Haverford Board, Marian was an active member in many professional societies: the National Academy of Sciences, the National Science Board, the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Society of Biological Chemists to name a few. She was past president of the American Association of Immunologists and a member of the Council of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health. Marian also published extensively, contributing 200 articles to scientific publications and serving on the editorial boards of the Annual Review of Cell Biology, Journal of Immunology, Biochemistry and Immunochemistry. Known to friends and family as "Bunny", Marian was an avid gardener, cook, and lover of art and music. In an era when women either had a career or a family, she chose both and was devoted to her family and profession. Marian served as an inspiration and mentor to a generation of women who chose to follow her path of family and career. The Board of Managers extends its sympathy to members of the family. Marian is survived by her husband of 52 years, Daniel E. Koshland, Jr., a biochemist at Berkeley and a former editor of the journal Science; five children, Ellen Koshland McCaughey of Melbourne, Australia; Phyllis Koshland of Paris, France; James '73 of Palo Alto, California; Gail Koshland Wachtel of Tucson, Arizona; and Douglas '76 of Baltimore; and nine grandchildren. Marian's daughter-in-law, Catherine Preston Koshland, wife of James, is a member of the Haverford class of 1972. Mary V. Porter, wife of Douglas, is a member of the Bryn Mawr class of 1975. A memorial service was held on December 1, 1997 at the University Art Museum of the University of California, Berkeley.