Daryll Ann Sneden

Dr. Daryll Ann Sneden was born on October 20, 1947, in Pittsburgh, PA to William E. Scholtz and Clara (Yeschke) Scholtz. She married Albert T. Sneden III on June 28, 1969. Dr. Sneden earned the B.S. degree in chemistry from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1969, and earned the Ph.D. degree in biophysics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1974. After spending three years as a post-doctoral associate in the Department of Biology at the University of Virginia (1974-77), she joined the Department of Biochemistry at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia as a post-doctoral associate in 1977. She then moved into information technology management in 1980, working for a number of firms in the Richmond area in a 25 year career, including Sovran Bank, Miller & Rhoads, First Health, Philip Morris, and Capital One. She was a member of several professional and honor societies. Her later years were devoted to the crafts of spinning and weaving, and she was a member of the guilds, Clotho’s Children and the Richmond Weavers Guild. She is survived by her husband Albert of 57 years and her niece, Tara Scholtz of Greenbelt, MD.