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Colborn
Colborn is a surname, and may refer to: *Jim Colborn (born 1946), American baseball player * Nigel Colborn, British Television presenter and gardening expert/writer *Dr. Theo Colborn (1927–2014), Founder and President of The Endocrine Disruption Exchange *Joe "Bohannon" Colborn, one half of Chicago radio personality duo Eddie & JoBo See also * Colborne Lodge, museum in Ontario, Canada * Colborne Meredith, Canadian architect * Colborne Parish, New Brunswick Colborne is a civil parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Heron Bay, the Moose Meadows 4 Indian reserve, and the Restigouche rural district; the town and rural district ... {{surname, Colborn Surnames English-language surnames Surnames of English origin Surnames of British Isles origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theo Colborn
Theodora Emily Colborn (née Decker; March 28, 1927 – December 14, 2014) was Founder and President Emerita of The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX), based in Paonia, Colorado, and Professor Emerita of Zoology at the University of Florida, Gainesville. She was an environmental health analyst, and best known for her studies on the health effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals. She died in 2014. Academic career In 1947 Colborn obtained a B.S. in Pharmacy from the College of Pharmacy at Rutgers University and became a pharmacist. In 1981 she graduated from Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, with an M.A. in Science in fresh-water ecology. In 1985, Colborn received a Fellowship from the Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress. From there, in 1987, she joined the Conservation Foundation to provide scientific guidance for the 1990 book, ''Great Lakes, Great Legacy?'', in collaboration with the Institute for Research and Public Policy, Ottawa, Canada at the reque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |