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Alice Catherine Evans

American microbiologist · United States · Lived 1881 to 1975 · aged 94

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Alice Catherine Evans was an American microbiologist. S. Department of Agriculture where she investigated bacteriology in milk and cheese. She proved that Bacillus abortus caused the disease brucellosis in both cattle and humans, which led to the pasteurization of milk in the US in 1930.

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National Women's Hall of Fame1993
Honorary degree1934
Honorary doctor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Alice Catherine Evans was an American microbiologist. She became a researcher at the U.S. Department of Agriculture where she investigated bacteriology in milk and cheese. She proved that Bacillus abortus caused the disease brucellosis in both cattle and humans, which led to the pasteurization of milk in the US in 1930. Evans was the first woman president elected by the Society of American Bacteriologists.

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Lived 1881 to 1975 · aged 94

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