The Washington
University Medical School Alumni Association has honored
Mildred  Trotter, Ph.D., a member of the faculty for
more than 55 years, by endowing a lectureship in her
name. Dr. Trotter, Professor Emeritus and Lecturer
in Anatomy since 1967, was the first woman faculty
member to be recognized in this way. To acknowledge
her deep concern for the role of women in academic
life, the lectureship is used to bring a distinguished
woman scientist to the University every year. Dr.
Trotter contributed much of what is known today about
the influence of age, sex and race on variation in
human skeletal mass. Herformulas for estimating stature
from long limb bone lengths still are used by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and in forensic medicine,
and nutritionists have profited from her research
on developmental variation in the mineral content
of bone. Her earlier work focused on factors influencing
hair growth.
Dr.
Trotter's engagement with science continued after her
retirement. She served as Convener of the Subcommittee
on Osteology for the International Anatomical Nomenclature
Committee and cochaired a session on "Human Evolution:
The Skeletal Dimension" at the Taung Diamond Jubilee
International Symposium in South Africa to celebrate
the 60th anniversary of the discovery of the first australopithecine
fossil. It was at this meeting that she suffered a debilitating
stroke. Dr. Trotter passed away on August 23, 1991.
Past Trotter Speakers
| October 27, 2012 |
Dr. Silvia Arber |
| Sepember 16, 2010 |
Dr. Cori Bargmann |
| March 19, 2009 |
Dr. Ann Graybiel |
| December 13, 2007 |
Dr. Eve Marder |
| November 2, 2006 |
Dr. Paula Tallal |
| November 3, 2005 |
Dr. Gwen Jacobs |
April
6, 2004 |
Dr.
Susan Lindquist |
October
17, 2002 |
Dr.
Linda Buck |
October
18, 2001 |
Dr.
Leslie Ungerleider |
February
10, 2000 |
Dr.
Janet Rossant |
September
10, 1998 |
Dr.
Ursula Bellugi |
November
13, 1997 |
Dr.
Mary Bartlett Bunge |
November
7, 1996 |
Dr.
Jane E. Buikstra |
October
12, 1995 |
Dr.
Helen Blau |
May
12, 1994 |
Dr.
Anne Young |
April
15, 1993 |
Dr.
Mary Lou Oster-Granite |
October
7, 1991 |
Dr.
Carla J. Shatz |
April
19, 1990 |
Dr.
Nancy Wexler |
March
16, 1989 |
Dr.
Lily Yeh Jan |
April
22, 1988 |
Dr.
Lee N. Robins |
May
21, 1987 |
Dr.
Lynn Landmesser |
February
27, 1986 |
Dr.
Zena Werb |
February
21, 1985 |
Dr.
Dorothea Bennett |
October
4, 1984 |
Dr.
Dorothy T. Krieger |
December
2, 1982 |
Dr.
Marian Koshland |
March
23, 1982 |
Dr.
Mary D. Leakey |
September
24, 1981 |
Dr.
Marilyn Gist Farquhar |
May
8, 1980 |
Dr.
Elizabeth D. Hay |
February
8, 1979 |
Dr.
Elizabeth E. Neufeld |
November
1, 1977 |
Dr.
Rosalyn S. Yalow |
December
8, 1976 |
Dr.
Beatrice Mintz |
December
4, 1975 |
Dr.
Mary E. Avery |
| |
|
|
