Neena Schwartz

Distinguished Alumnae Award Recipient, 1987

MS 1950; Ph.D. 1953 

Scientist and Northwestern Professor of Neurobiology and Physiology Schwartz was the Feinberg School of Medicine’s William Deering Professor of Endocrinology. She was a founding member of the Association for Women in Science in 1971, and co-founded Women in Endocrinology, within the Endocrine Society. In 1974, she created the Program for Reproductive Research at Northwestern. In 1987 the Center for Reproductive Science opened with Schwartz serving as the director. She also served terms as the presidents of both the Endocrine Society and the Society for the Study of Reproduction. In 2010, she published, a memoir of her life as a woman scientist, “A Lab of My Own.” The Neena B. Schwartz Lectureship is held at Northwestern each year in her honor. In addition to her memoir, Schwartz authored more than 200 articles, chapters and books in the field of reproductive neuroendocrinology.

 

D. 4/15/2018