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Frances Krasnow was born in New York, October 16, 1894. She 

 received her preliminary and secondary education in the Public Schools 

 of New York City. In December 1912 she was elected to free member- 

 ship in the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. From February to 

 June 1913 she pursued studies at this Institute and at Hunter College. 

 Receiving a University Scholarship in August 1913 she entered Barnard 

 College, Columbia University, and was graduated with the degree Bache- 

 lor of Science, magna cum laude, in February 1917. She continued her 

 work in the Graduate Schools and received the degree of Master of Arts 

 in June 1917. At the same time she was awarded the Kohn prize for 

 Mathematics, given honors for Zoology and Physics and elected member 

 of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. 



In July 1918 she was appointed assistant in Bacteriology at Columbia 

 University, and in the Fall of 1919 received a similar appointment in the 

 Department of Biological Chemistry, which position she now holds. 



