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A Tribute to Marcy Carlson Speer, 1959–2007

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  • Marcy was born on October 1, 1959, in Indianapolis and was raised in Indiana and Illinois. She graduated from Champaign Centennial High School, where she was first introduced to population genetics and became interested in both the biological and mathematical aspects of genetics

  • After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from Indiana University in 1981, Marcy continued her studies at Sarah Lawrence College, where, in 1983, she received a Master of Science degree in Human Genetics specializing in genetic counseling

  • She returned to Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) and rose to the rank of fully tenured professor, making her one of only ten female faculty members at DUMC in the Department of Medicine ever to be promoted to this position

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Marcy was born on October 1, 1959, in Indianapolis and was raised in Indiana and Illinois. Marcy was an extremely accomplished scientist who, at the time of her death, was the director of the Duke Center for Human Genetics and chief of the Division of Medical Genetics. She published 124 articles and 16 book chapters; the topics of her scholarly scientific work ranged from gene mapping and identification to method development in genetic epidemiology and authoritative book chapters on linkage analysis.

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