In Memoriam: Rose L. Glee, 1942-2014

Rose Glee, who served as interim director of the Office of Technology Transfer, Licensing, and Commercialization at Florida A&M University, died on January 24 at a hospital in Tallahassee. She was 71 years old.

Dr. Glee’s career in research spanned more than 40 years. She formerly held posts at the Southern Regional Research Center of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in New Orleans and was the director of the Office of Sponsored Research at Southern University campuses in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

Dr. Glee was a graduate of Suwannee River Junior College and Florida A&M University, where she majored in chemistry. She earned a master’s degree in textile chemistry at Ohio State University and a Ph.D. in textile chemistry at the University of Wisconsin.