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In
Memory of our former Greater Piedmont Chapter Members
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Dr. Winona B.
Vernberg (Former Chapter Chair)
Winona B. Vernberg passed away on December 29, 2008. After retiring
from USC, Columbia, SC, in 1996, she moved to Saluda, NC. Winona was
born in Kansas on January 9, 1924. She received a B.S. degree from
Kansas State College of Pittsburg in 1944, an M.S. degree from DePauw
University in 1947, and a Ph.D. degree in Zoology from Purdue
University in 1951. She served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1945 and
married John F. Vernberg on September 9, 1945.
Professional experience includes the following: Instructor, DePauw
University, 1947-1949; Research Associate Professor, Duke University,
1951-1969; Research Professor of Biology, USC, 1969-1975; Public Health
Professor of Biology, USC, 1975-1977; Acting Dean, School of Public
Health, USC, 1977-1978, and Dean, 1978-1995. During 1996 she served as
the Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, USC.
In addition to serving on boards and committees relating to various
state-oriented foundations and agencies, she was active at the national
and international levels: National Advisory Committee on Oceans and
Atmosphere (1974-1976), Science Advisory Committee for PRIMA, Program
of the National Science Foundation (1977-1979), Executive Committee,
Science Advisory Board EPA (1978-1982), National Advisory Council, NASA
(1979-1982), President, Council on Education for Public Health
(1984-1986). She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Fulbright-Hayes fellow
to Brazil, Russell Award for Research in Science, and recipient of the
William S. Proctor Prize for Scientific Achievement, Sigma Xi (1983).
She published 127 papers in scientific journals and reports and trained
many graduate students.
Surviving are her husband, F. John Vernberg, daughters, Amy Beekman and
Marcia Verberg, and son, Eric Vernberg. She also has three
granddaughters, Haley Beekman, Amanda Snoddy, and Amy Godfrey, three
grandsons, Scott Lewis, Stefan Vernberg, Drew Beekman, and three
great-granddaughters, Courtney and Caroline Lewis, and Lizzie Snoddy.
Memorial services are planned for January in Columbia, SC, and for
January 9, 2009, at the Orchard Inn in Saluda.
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