Saturday, January 25, 2025

Famous Women Engineers in US History: Willie Hobbs Moore

When meritocracy and not DEI still ruled! This woman earned it!

Just when President John F. Kennedy introduced the so called affirmative action in 1961. Was Ms. Moore an early beneficiary?

"broke barriers in academia, as the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in a science (Physics) in the United States."

"... At the University of Michigan, she earned a bachelor of science in electrical engineering in 1958 and a master of science in electrical engineering in 1961. Moore was the first black woman to earn a bachelor of science and master of science in electrical engineering at the University of Michigan. In 1972, she earned a doctorate in physics from the University of Michigan, making her the first [black] American woman to receive a PhD in physics from an American university. ...

After receiving her doctorate, Moore worked at the University of Michigan in the department of physics and the Macromolecular Research Center as a lecturer and research scientist until 1977, continuing spectroscopic work on proteins.[9] In the five years following her dissertation, she published more than thirty papers with Krimm and collaborators, in a variety of journals, including the Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, The Journal of Chemical Physics, and the Journal of Applied Physics. Additionally, Moore and Yuin Wu published "Quality Engineering" in the American Supplier Institute in 1986. ..." Source

Famous Women Engineers in History - Book 7: Willie Hobbs Moore - You’ve Got To Be Excellent! | IEEE-USA




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