Background
Kiessling was born in Baker City, Oregon as Ann Anderson. Her father, Col. William C. Anderson, was a decorated squadron commander in the US Air Force during World War II. She graduated from Klamath Falls High School in 1960 and attended University of Virginia where she received the first of her two bachelor's degrees in Nursing. In 1966 she received her second bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Central Washington University where she also received her master's degree in Organic Chemistry in 1967. In 1971 she earned her PhD from Oregon State University in Biochemistry and Biophysics. She did postdoctoral research at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and University of California, San Diego. Kiessling is currently the mother of three daughters and a son.
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