About this Book

At age eight Marilyn Harlin already knew she wanted to be a
scientist. Throughout the peaks and valleys in her life—including
widowhood when her husband fell off a mountain in Switzerland, and the
challenges of raising two children on her own--she kept her eyes on her
goal and eventually joined the faculty at the University of Rhode Island
as its only female botany professor. Marilyn’s mission in her career
and into retirement has been to inspire youth, especially girls, to
venture into the sciences. Making Waves is a memoir of a progressive
life lived with passion.