Liane Russell and Cindy Kendrick
Liane Russell and Cindy Kendrick Liane Russell and Cindy Kendrick

Liane Russell and Cindy Kendrick

Recorded November 5, 2010 39:34 minutes
Liane Russell and Cindy Kendrick
0:00 / 0:00
Id: MBX007396

Description

Liane “Lee” Russell (87) talks to her friend Cindy Kendrick (53) about her life and scientific accomplishments.

Subject Log / Time Code

0:47
LR was born and grew up in Vienna, Austria. “It was a very conventional and serene childhood.”-LR
5:35
LR left Austria at 14 when Nazis invaded the country. Family fled to Czech Republic and eventually England, where LR bore the German blitzkrieg.
14:30
Family secured passage to United States, via Argentina, in June 1941.
17:06
As a junior at Hunter College, LR attended a summer research camp in Maine. She fell in love with genetics and became a geneticist. She also fell in love with her research advisor, who was in the midst of a divorce.
24:23
Coupled settled in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where they could both find work as scientists.
28:00
LR performed groundbreaking research in genetic mutations.
31:44
LR developed a passion for the environment as a child. In Tennessee, she became active in stopping construction of a dam and formed the Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning conservation group.

Participants

  • Liane Russell
  • Cindy Kendrick

Recording Locations

MobileBooth East

Venue / Recording Kit

Partnership

Partnership Type

Outreach