Elizabeth Jenney, Lived to 100

Elizabeth H. Jenney, of Newtown, passed away on Monday, October 28 at Pennswood Village. She was 100.

Born in Bennington, VT, she was a daughter of the late Rollin D. and Olive Pope Jenney.

Elizabeth began her career in Vermont, working as a lab technician in Bennington and Rutland. She then moved to South Hadley, MA, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Mount Holyoke College, and was later employed by the Boston University School of Medicine. She then continued her education and employment at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacology.

Her career was broad and varied. Elizabeth worked for the U.S. Navy in the Bethesda Naval Medical Research Institute in the pathology department, and also as an assistant in the department of pharmacology. 

During World War II, she was a member of the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, or WAVES. Then came a move to Atlanta, GA, where she worked in the Neuropharmacology department of Emory School of Medicine at Emory University, and then to Skillman, NJ to the Department of Pharmacology at the Bureau of Research for the NJ Neuropsychiatric Institute, and later became the assistant director of the Princeton Brain Bio Center.

Elizabeth also volunteered her time and expertise as a fiscal agent for the NJ Mental Health Research and Development Fund, and as the Treasurer for the Schizophrenia Foundation of NJ.

In her free time, she enjoyed photography, traveling, which included trips to Europe, classical music, reading and gardening.

Elizabeth is survived by her nephew Dr. Robert Rutherford and her niece Francie Rutherford.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Fellowship Fund c/o Pennswood Village 1382 Newtown-Langhorne Rd. Newtown, PA 18940.