Irene McCulloch

Irene Agnes McCulloch (13 September 1885 - 30 May 1987) was a marine biologist and USC biological sciences professor.[1] McCulloch started at the University of Southern California in 1924 where the marine biology research department lacked funding and resources.[1] To better the research being done, McCulloch convinced George Allan Hancock to fund the G. Allan Hancock Foundation for Marine Research, which was then renamed the Hancock Institute for Marine Studies.[2] McCulloch was given her own foundation in 1969 at USC to continue marine biology research. McCulloch studied microbes within the Pacific Ocean with her main focus being foraminifera.

  1. ^ a b "Irene McCulloch, 101; Marine Biologist". Los Angeles Times. 1987-06-06. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  2. ^ Soule, Dorothy F. (1999). New species of Thalamoporella (Bryozoa) with acute or subacute avicularium mandibles and review of known species worldwide. Hancock Institute for Marine Studies Univ. of Southern California. OCLC 717095193.