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E. Alison Kay

E. Alison Kay (1928 – 9 June 2008) was a malacologist, environmentalist, and professor at the University of Hawaii. She was born in 'Ele'ele and grew up on the island of Kauai in the Territory of Hawaii, graduated from Punahou School in 1946, and obtained her first B.A. from Mills College in 1950. She then went on to earn another B.A. in 1952 and an M.A. in 1956 from Cambridge University as a Fulbright scholar before returning to the University of Hawaii, where she completed her dissertation in 1957. She is best known for her work, ''Hawaiian Marine Shells'' (1979). Provided by Wikipedia