A correction, and an appreciation of Janet Guernsey Available to Purchase

Jack Hehn’s article on Phillips award winners in the November issue of TPT brought back many fond memories of working with all those remarkable mentors through the years. However, I need to respectfully point out a misidentification in one of his photographs. On p. 542, Janet Guernsey, not Guthrie, is with Melba and Sally. As a 1996 winner of a teaching award presented in her name by the New England Section, I feel a personal need to bring your attention to this error. Janet was an early and forceful source of support for women in science. A recent NSF survey found that a significant fraction of women holding PhDs in science in this country did their undergraduate work at Wellesley College, where Janet taught for many years. My granddaughter, a Wellesley alum now in a graduate program in chemical biology, was fortunate to benefit from the strength of a program...