Diane K. Lavett
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Diane K. Lavett

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Dr. Diane Kathryn Lavett was born in Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1944, and she grew up in Royal Oak and Berkley, Michigan, suburbs of Detroit. Married after her first year at the University of Chicago, Diane received a B.A. (1969) and a Ph.D. (1974) in biology, with a specialization in genetics, from Emory University. While at Yale University doing a postdoctoral fellowship in DNA biochemistry, she received a M.S. in marriage and family counseling (1980), from Southern Connecticut State College. Diane has taught many courses in biology but has specialized in genetics. She taught at Emory University, Kennesaw State College, Clark-Atlanta University, and received tenure at The State University of New York at Cortland. Diane has done research in genetics, been a genetics counselor at Northside Hospital and the Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children in Atlanta, was an expert witness in the use of genetic analysis of crime scene materials in over ninety-two criminal trials, and has published nine college textbooks and many professional articles. Most of all, she considers herself to be a teacher. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and spends many weeks every year on an island off the coast of Charleston. Her Labrador retriever Addie is her current companion on daily walks in the woods and along the ocean shore. Her latest book is Dogs and Other People. It is described below. "My newest dog, Addie, is driving me crazy ... surely I can survive one little puppy who weighs only forty-five pounds. Surely, her depredations and pillaging cannot be as bad as they seem, I say to myself, and yet they really are. She is one very difficult bundle of energy." Thus starts Dogs and Other People, a charming tale of how the author coped with an outrageous puppy and eventually reached a time of peace and companionship with an engaging well-behaved adult dog. The book , Dogs and Other People, is a series of connected dog stories that were written in non-fiction narrative as a way for me to cope with the author's new puppy. Addie, who was extremely difficult to get relatively unscathed to adulthood. While this dog plays a large role in the book, she is just one of a set of dog and human characters who will appeal to all dog people. The author's dogs have led more exciting lives than other dogs have dreamed of doing, running through these pages chasing dolphins, deer, and panthers, never letting a steamboat or a shark deter them at all. This is the wonderful tale of the lives of living, breathing, house-destroying, self-endangering dogs. Addie, the latest dog in a succession lasting more than sixty years, is a dog who insists on living more of a dog's life than a human's. Therein lies the problem. Dogs and Other People is for those who like dogs. Although the book is written for adults, it can be enjoyed by children as young as four as well, with only one tale needing a little editing for the smallest listeners. You can see Addie at "work" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=0TwJxXagV1o. Copyright © 2009 Diane K. Lavett. All rights reserved.
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