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Linda Lockwood Stansmore, 73, retired associate professor in Environmental Sciences and former director of the Honors program, died Nov. 15 from Alzheimer’s disease at her home in Sunderland.
Born in New York City, she was a graduate of Columbia University, where she received her B.S. in 1960. She earned her M.A. from Columbia University Teachers College in 1965 and a Ph.D. in botany in 1969 from Columbia University Graduate Faculty of Pure Science.
From 1962-69, she was an instructor in the science honors program at Columbia and from 1969-73, she was an assistant professor of science education at Columbia University Teachers College.
She joined the Environmental Sciences faculty as an associate professor in 1973 and taught basic interdisciplinary courses in environmental science education and techniques, ecology and biology.
In 1982, she was named the part-time director of the Honors Program and led its expansion from the liberal arts to include all of the campus’s professional schools, including engineering and business. The program also opened to first-year students and tripled its number of participants to nearly 600 students. She was appointed as the full-time director in 1985 and served until 1992, when she stepped down to return to teaching.
As a faculty member, she served on the executive board of the Massachusetts Society of Professors from 1982-84 and in the Faculty Senate from 1979-82.
She was a member of Sigma Xi, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Biological Sciences, National Association of Biology Teachers and the Federation of American Scientists.
She retired in 2000 as an associate professor in Plant and Soil Sciences.
She was also a concert pianist.
She leaves her husband, William Stansmore and a daughter, Kathy.
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