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42: 178:, where she spent most of her teaching career, ascending from instructor to full professor at 1964. She also served as a dean for the class of 1944. Furthermore, she was elected as chair of the geology department at the college in 1946, and served until 1952. Kierstead retired from her post at Smith College in 1969. 181:
While a member of the Smith College geology department, Kierstead guided a group from the Geology Department of the Carnegie Institute in Washington, D.C., to study magnetic materials in the lavas and the glacial lake sediments in the Connecticut valley region. The expedition was run by Dr. Ellis A.
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Outside of work, Kierstead was known to be a breeder and exhibitor for welsh corgi dogs. Her dogs won numerous American kennel Championships. Additionally, she also participated in many dog clubs. Kierstead was acting president of the Mayflower Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club from its founding in 1977
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Kierstead died on June 17, 1985, in Goshen, Hampshire, Massachusetts, US. There is a collection of her papers from 1923 to 1985 at Smith College Libraries, including scientific journals, as well as research notes, correspondence, diaries and lectures.
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until 1981, hosting the clubs first breeding match in October of 1977, and having an annual trophy named in her honor following her death.
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During a sabbatical in 1947, Kierstead studied foraminifera in three core samples taken from the Ross Sea, Antarctica during
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Kierstead, Caroline Heminway; Robinson, Rosalind (1952). "Foraminifera of a deep-sea core from the Ross sea, Antarctica".
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Kierstead attended many institutions throughout her life. In 1925, she graduated from
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Caroline Ella Heminway, from the 1925 yearbook of Mount Holyoke College
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Heminway married electrical engineer Friend Hans Kierstead in 1947.
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Kierstead
A young white woman with dark hair and eyes, wearing a white shirt with a wide collar and a dark necktie, and a soft cardigan
geologist
micropaleontologist
Smith College
Shell Oil Company
paleontologist
micropaleontology
foraminifera
Corning, New York
Mount Holyoke College
Philosophy
Psychology
Geology
Cornell University
Indiana University
University of Colorado
Syracuse University
University of Wyoming
Smith College
Massachusetts
World War II
Operation Highjump






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