Elizabeth Ann Nalley

{{short description|American chemist}}

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| name = Elizabeth Ann Nalley

| image = Elizabeth Ann Nalley Innovation Day 2006 crop.jpg

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| birth_place = Catron, Missouri, U.S.

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| field = Chemistry

| work_institutions = Cameron University

| alma_mater = Northeastern State University, Oklahoma State University, Texas Woman's University

| awards = Iota Sigma Pi Award in Professional Excellence {{small|(2005)}}

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Elizabeth Ann Nalley (also known as Ann Nalley) is an American chemist and professor of chemistry at Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma.

Nalley was born in July, 1942 at Catron, Missouri.{{citation|title=50 Making a Difference profile: Elizabeth A. Nalley, Cameron University, Lawton|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4182/is_20080926/ai_n28112424/?tag=content;col1|journal=The Journal Record|date=September 26, 2008}}. She received a B.S. in chemical education from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, in 1965, an M.S. in analytical chemistry from Oklahoma State University in 1969, and a Ph.D. in radiation chemistry from Texas Woman's University in 1975.[http://www.cameron.edu/~annn/Vita_html.html C.V.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527145229/http://www.cameron.edu/~annn/Vita_html.html |date=2010-05-27 }} from Nalley's web site.[http://www.cameron.edu/alumni/awardbios/nalley.html Faculty hall of fame award 1996: Dr. E. Ann Nalley] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527225553/http://www.cameron.edu/alumni/awardbios/nalley.html |date=2010-05-27 }}, Cameron University Office of Alumni Relations. Her career as a chemistry instructor began before she finished her undergraduate education, with a stint as a chemistry teacher at Muskogee Central High School from 1964 to 1965. In 1969, she joined the Cameron University faculty as an instructor, and she has been a full professor (Cameron's first female full professor) since 1978.

Nalley has also served for 21 years on the board of directors of the honor society Phi Kappa Phi and was president from 1995 to 1998.[http://shr.aaas.org/hrday/bios.shtml Speaker bios], Human Rights Day Event, Chemistry and the Middle East: Honoring Dr. Zafra M. Lerman, AAAS. In 2005, she was given the Iota Sigma Pi Award in Professional Excellence.[http://www.iotasigmapi.info/ISPprofawards/profexcel05.htm 2005 Iota Sigma Pi Award in Professional Excellence] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514154005/http://www.iotasigmapi.info/ISPprofawards/profexcel05.htm |date=2009-05-14 }}, Iota Sigma Pi. She served as president of the American Chemical Society in 2006,{{citation|title=Nalley named president of the American Chemical Society |url=http://www.cameron.edu/collegian/06dec04/news_nalley.html |journal=Cameron Collegian |date=December 6, 2004 |first=Angela |last=Gradoz |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060920053646/https://www.cameron.edu/collegian/06dec04/news_nalley.html |archivedate=2006-09-20 }}.[http://portal.acs.org/portal/PublicWebSite/about/governance/CTP_006177 Report of the Past President]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ACS Spring National Meeting – Chicago 2007. and received the ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences in 2015.{{Cite web|url = http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/awards/national/recipients/2015-national-award-recipients.html|title = 2015 National Award Recipients|website = American Chemical Society|access-date = 2016-03-20}}