Worthy, N. Beatrice, 1913-

N. Beatrice Worthy was born in 1913 in Charlotte, North Carolina. After graduating from high school in Jersey City, NJ in 1933, she took a part time clerical position with a local youth program and began piano study. In 1935 she became secretary to the director of an adult education program for the Works Progress Administration, Negro Division. Between 1942 and 1954 Worthy worked with the Department of Defense in the New York Quartermaster Purchasing Department. She received a BS in 1948 and an MBA in 1954 from New York University School of Commerce and studied toward a Ph.D. during the late 1960s. Worthy held a research position with the National Industrial Conference Board (1955-62); managed the survey division of Commerce and Industry Association of New York (1962-64); held a personnel research position at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey (1964-75); and was affirmative action coordinator with AT&T in New York (1975-78). She retired in 1978.

From the guide to the N. Beatrice Worthy Papers MS 188., 1954-1984, (Sophia Smith Collection)

Business executive; researcher; affirmative action coordinator.

N. Beatrice Worthy was born in 1913 in Charlotte, North Carolina. After graduating from high school in Jersey City, NJ in 1933, she took a part time clerical position with a local youth program and began piano study. In 1935 she became secretary to the director of an adult education program for the Works Progress Administration, Negro Division. Between 1942 and 1954 Worthy worked with the Department of Defense in the New York Quartermaster Purchasing Department. She received a BS in 1948 and an MBA in 1954 from New York University School of Commerce and studied toward a Ph. D. during the late 1960s. Worthy held a research position with the National Industrial Conference Board (1955-62); managed the survey division of Commerce and Industry Association of New York (1962-64); held a personnel research position at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey (1964-75); and was affirmative action coordinator with AT & T in New York (1975-78). She retired in 1978.

From the description of Papers, 1954-1984. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 51671949