Thomas, Helen Meriwether Lewis.

Helen Meriwether Lewis Thomas (1905-1997) received her A.B (1928) in astronomy and Ph.D (1948) from Radcliffe College. She was the first woman and second American to earn a Ph.D in History of Science. Employed first at the Harvard College Observatory, she worked during World War II at the Radio Research Laboratory at Harvard and then at the Radiation Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was senior engineer at Raytheon (1947-1954), and editor, later head of publications, at MIT's Research Laboratory of Electronics. In 1956, she entered the Trans World Airlines "Cosmic Contest" and 30 years later won a $50,000 prize for correctly predicting the future nature of air travel.

From the description of Papers, 1890-1997 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122386587