In Memoriam: Joe Ann Shearer Lever (1936-2011)

Joe Ann Lever, dean emerita of the College of Arts and Sciences and associate professor emerita of biology at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, has died at the age of 75.

A native of Mississippi, Lever earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Mississippi. She completed course work for a doctoral degree in education at the University of South Carolina.

Lever joined the faculty at Converse College in 1962. She served on the faculty there for 42 years. She served on many college committees and was president of the faculty senate. A laboratory on campus is named in her honor.