 (1967) in geological sciences and Ph.D. (1971) in planetary sciences.She received an Honorary Doctor of Science from Allegheny in 1987, and the Distinguished Alumnus Award, equivalent to an honorary Ph.D. from other institutions, from Caltech in 1982.She is currently an Emeritus Professor of Geology and a Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she holds a Charles R. Walgreen Jr.