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Notes for Elizabeth Pennock MARIS
Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) - December 24, 1986
Deceased Name: Dr. Elizabeth Pennock Maris
Dr. Elizabeth Pennock Maris, 93, former chief of pediatrics at Chestnut Hill Hospital, died Monday at Foulkeways, a Gwynedd retirement community. She was a former resident of Germantown.
Dr. Maris was a graduate of the Westtown School and Wellesley College. She taught at Syracuse University and Germantown Friends School for 15 years, working as a physical education instructor and coaching field hockey. She earned her medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1936.
In addition to a private pediatrics practice, she worked at Chestnut Hill Hospital and conducted research at Children's Hospital, attempting to develop a vaccine for measles. She was also involved in research on cystic fibrosis and progeria, a disease that prematurely ages children. She was widely honored for her work.
Survivors: a sister, Mary Carr Maris.
Services: memorial, 11 a.m. Friday, St. Mary's Villa Chapel, Bethlehem Pike, Ambler.
Copyright (c) 1986 The Philadelphia Inquirer
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