E. Alison Kay

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1928 – 2008

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Who was E. Alison Kay?

E. Alison Kay was a malacologist, environmentalist, and professor at the University of Hawaiʻi. She was born in Eleele and grew up on the island of Kauai in the Territory of Hawaii, graduated from Punahou School in 1946, and obtained her first B.A. from Mills College in 1950. She then went on to earn another B.A. in 1952 and an M.A. in 1956 from Cambridge University as a Fulbright scholar before returning to the University of Hawaiʻi, where she completed her dissertation in 1957. She is best known for her work, Hawaiian Marine Shells.

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Born
1928
Education
  • University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • Punahou School
Died
Jun 9, 2008

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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