Dorothy Farley Jessen ’49 ScM

Dorothy Farley Jessen ’49 ScM, of Frederick, Md.; Feb. 22, 2021. She worked as a bacteriologist at Fort Detrick, where she met her future husband. She retired from research in 1956 to raise her family. In 1970, she returned to the workforce as a teacher’s aide in the science department of Governor Thomas Johnson High School, where she remained for 15 years. Due to her aversion to flying, she and her husband drove from Maryland to Hyder, Alaska, which was their favorite vacation destination, 13 times. She is survived by a daughter, a son, three grandchildren, a sister-in-law, and many nieces and nephews.