Helen E. Grenga Papers, 1963-1994 [bulk 1972-1983].

Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Chemical Engineering

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Grenga, Helen E. (Helen Eva), 1938-

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Helen Eva Grenga obtained a B.A. in Chemistry in 1960 from Shorter College and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Virginia in 1967. She was employed by the Food and Drug Administration prior to her career in academics. She served Georgia Tech for more than twenty-five years, first as the first fully tenured female engineering professor, and later as an administrator. From the description of Helen E. Grenga photographs on women in engineering, ca. 1983-ca. 1987. (Geo...

Society of Women Engineers

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Early organization of SWE began with student groups at Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia and Cooper Union and City College of New York in New York City in the late 1940s. World War II provided greater opportunity for women to pursue engineering careers. Early pioneers in this area were: Dr. Lillian Gilbreth, Alice Goff and Hilda Counts Edgecomb. In 1950, the first national convention was held at Cooper Union in New Jersey. Dr. Beatrice A. Hicks was elected p...