Cynthia Ahearn

Quick Facts

Full Name	Cynthia Ahearn
Occupation	Curator
Date Of Birth	Oct 17, 1952(1952-10-17)
Age	72
Date Of Death	Sunday, August 31, 2008
Birthplace	Minneapolis
Country	United States
Birth City	Minnesota
Horoscope	Libra

Cynthia Ahearn Biography

Cynthia Ahearn is one of the most popular and richest Curator who was born on October 17, 1952 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

Ahearn was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ahearn studied at the Dunbarton College of the Holy Cross in Washington, D.C. In 1973, Ahearn initiated her Smithsonian career, working as a museum specialist.

After two decades of working at the Smithsonian, Ahearn was the editor, writer, and assembler of the International Echinoderm Newsletter from 1993 to 2003, as well as the editor of the Virtual Echinoderm Newsletter. Ahearn also cataloged nearly the entire collection of Echinodermata for the NMNH. Ahearn initiated the Discovery Cart program on the Discovery Channel and was presented with the National History Museum’s Public Outreach Award. Ahearn was also known to give tours to all generations of students. She hosted international visitors to the Smithsonian Institution from many countries, and provided her taxonomic acumen to help salient scientific institutions. Among these are Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the National Marine Fisheries Service, New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Wellington), the California Academy of Sciences (in San Francisco, California), the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Museums Victoria (in Melbourne, Australia).

Cynthia Ahearn Net Worth

Cynthia Ahearn is one of the richest Curator from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Cynthia Ahearn 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Cynthia Anne Gust Ahearn (October 17, 1952 – August 31, 2008) was an American echinodermologist and museum specialist at the Smithsonian Institution. She was responsible for the curation of the Smithsonian’s extensive collection of echinoderms. An impactful individual in the field of echinodermology, Ahearn identified nearly 300,000 echinoderm specimen lots and had a nearly complete cataloged collection for the National Museum of Natural History Echinodermata. Ahearn was also responsible for several newsletters during her career, as well as the Discovery Cart, a segment on the Discovery Channel’s Young Scientist program. In 2005, Ahearn was presented with the Natural History Museum’s Public Outreach Award. Ahearn even had an echinoderm named after her in 2007.

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Revista de Biología Tropical 53, 53–68

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Lam Ranked on the list of most popular Curator. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Cynthia Ahearn celebrates birthday on October 17 of every year.