Emily Wick papers

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Emily Wick papers

1936-2012

Personal papers of Emily Wick, first female faculty member to earn tenure at MIT, who also served in the Dean's office.

5.51 cubic feet

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Wick, Emily L., 1921-2013

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Emily Wick (1921-2013) was a professor of food technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and was the first woman to earn tenure at the Institute. She received her BA (chemistry, 1943) and MA (organic chemistry, 1945) from Mount Holyoke College and her PhD in chemistry from MIT in 1951. She returned to MIT as a researcher in the Department of Food Technology in 1957, becoming an assistant professor in the same department soon after in 1959. During her time at MIT she develope...