Mary Pannbacker (died February 16, 2015) was a speech-language pathologist and university professor. She held an endowed chair, the Albertson's Professor of Speech-Language Pathology, at LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport. She was a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Education

Pannbacker attended Oklahoma College for Women, graduating in 1963 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She then earned a Master of Communication Disorders (MCD) from the University of Oklahoma. She received her PhD in Communication Disorders from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Mary Pannbacker

Medical career

Pannbacker held positions at East Texas State University, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport. At LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport, she held an endowed chair in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, the Albertson's Professor of Speech-Language Pathology. She was named a professor emerita of LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport in 2014.

Mary Pannbacker

Professional Associations & Awards

Pannbacker was a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), a reviewer for ASHA journals, and a member of the ASHA's legislative council. At the state level, she was president of the Louisiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Association.

Mary Pannbacker

Family

Pannbacker was survived by three children.

References

2015 deaths

University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma alumni

University of Oklahoma alumni

University at Buffalo alumni

20th-century women scientists

Speech and language pathologists

Texas A&M University–Commerce faculty

Clarion University of Pennsylvania faculty

Louisiana State University faculty

American women academics

21st-century American women

Fellows of the American Speech–Language–Hearing Association