Delaphine Grace Wyckoff
Delaphine Grace Wyckoff was an American microbiologist and educator.
Biography
Wyckoff was born on September 11, 1906, in Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. She had a brother, Ronald Chamberlin Rosa. She married John Franklin Wyckoff on August 17, 1942.Education
Wyckoff was educated at Madison Central High School. She then studied at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, graduating with a PhD in bacteriology in 1938. Her thesis questioned the reliability of fermentation and proteolytic reactions and was titled "The Variability of Caseolytic and Sucrose-Fermenting Characteristics of Certain Bacteria."Career
After graduating, Wyckoff taught at an North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences in North Dakota for four years. Wyckoff was then appointed associate professor of botany at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, later becoming Dean of Women at the institution.In 1955, Wycoff published A Laboratory Guide in General Bacteriology. In 1960, Wycoff contributed to a film on Biological techniques, which was produced by Thorne Films in collaboration with the American Institute of Biological Sciences.
Wyckoff was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society of Microbiology, the Society of General Microbiology and the National Association of Biology Teachers.