McMahan, Elizabeth Anne (1924-)

Assistant professor of zoology, also active in the field of parapsychology. She was born May 5, 1924, at Mocksville, North Carolina, and studied at Duke University (M.A., 1948) and the University of Hawaii (Ph.D., 1960). She was a research fellow at the Parapsychology Laboratory at Duke University (1948-54); in 1960 she joined the faculty of the department of zoology at the University of North Carolina. In addition to her many articles on entomology, she published a number of papers on parapsychology, based on her own investigations in telepathy, psychokinesis, and precognition. She was a charter member of the Parapsychological Association.

Sources:

Berger, Arthur S., and Joyce Berger. The Encyclopedia of Parapsychology and Psychical Research. New York: Paragon House, 1991.

McMahan, Elizabeth Anne. "An Experiment in Pure Telepathy." Journal of Parapsychology 10 (1946).

——. "PK Experiments with Two-Sided Objects." Journal of Parapsychology 9 (1945).

McMahan, Elizabeth Anne, and E. K. Bates. "Report of Further Marchesi Experiments." Journal of Parapsychology 18 (1954).

McMahan, Elizabeth Anne, and J. B. Rhine. "Extrasensory Perception of Cards in an Unknown Location." Journal of Parapsychology 12 (1948).

——. "A Review of the Evidence for Dowsing." Journal of Parapsychology 11 (1947).

——. "A Second Zagreb-Durham ESP Experiment." Journal of Parapsychology 11 (1947).

Pleasants, Helene, ed. Biographical Dictionary of Parapsychology. New York: Helix Press, 1964.