Description
The collection contains biographical and research files for Beatrice Marcy Sweeney, UCSB biology professor.
Background
Beatrice Marcy Sweeney was born August 11, 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts. She received her Bachelor's from Smith College in
1936 and her PhD from Radcliffe College in 1942. After relocating to California, she worked at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography
as a research biologist. She married Paul Lee in 1961. In 1969 she returned to California to teach at UCSB. She is known for
her research in marine biology, particularly on phytoplankton. She died on July 17, 1989.
Extent
11 linear feet
(11 boxes).
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.