Women Elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Election to the National Academy of Engineering is known as "the highest honor accorded an engineer." The first woman ever to be elected to the NAE was Lillian Gilbreth in 1965. The next elected were:

The NAE was established in 1964 under the same congressional charter as the National Academy of Sciences. Together, they oversee the operations of the National Research Council, and advise the government on issues of science and technology policy.

To date, 2,330 men have been elected to the NAE since 1964. Only thirty-seven women have been elected since 1964, three of whom are deceased, and one foreign associate. The list of the women elected is as follows:


National Academy of Engineering
Member's Name Work Affiliation
Gilbreth, Lillian M. Gilbreth, Inc.
Hopper, Grace M. U.S. Department of the Navy
Dresselhaus, Mildred S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ancker-Johnson, Betsy U.S. Department of Commerce
Davis, Ruth M. National Institute of Standards and Technology
Sammet, Jean E. International Business Machines Corporation
Hicks, Beatrice Independent Consultant
Fischer, Irene K. Defense Mapping Agency
Conwell, Esther M. Xerox Corporation
Schwan, Judith A. Eastman Kodak Company
Napadensky, Hyla S. Illinois Institute of Technology Research
Widnall, Sheila E. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Allen, Frances E. International Business Machines Corporation
Brill, Yvonne C. International Maritime Satellite Organization
Good, Mary L. AlliedSignal Inc.
Roy, Della M. Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Edwards, Helen T. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Liskov, Barbara H. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Simpson, Joanne NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Weertman, Julia R. Northwestern University
Conway, Lynn A. University of Michigan
Garmire, Elsa M. University of Southern California
Flanigen, Edith M. UOP
Drake, Elisabeth M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Levelt Sengers, Johanna M. H. National Institute of Standards and Technology
Marabini, Anna M. Institute for Mineral Processing
Savitz, Maxine L. AlliedSignal Aerospace Company
Benmark, Leslie A. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Graham, Susan L. University of California, Berkeley
Nightingale, Deborah S. AlliedSignal Aerospace Company
Peden, Irene C. National Science Foundation
Jones, Anita K. U.S. Department of Defense
Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf, Doris University of Virginia
de Planque, E. Gail Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Fitzroy, Nancy D. GE Corporate Research and Development
Pate-Cornell, M. Elisabeth Stanford University
Reichmanis, Elsa AT&T Bell Laboratories
Taylor, Kathleen C. General Motors Corporation
Borrone, Lillian C. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Chowdhry, Uma E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Kalnay, Eugenia National Weather Service
Agogino, Alice M. University of California, Berkeley
Bajcsy, Ruzena K. University of Pennsylvania
LeMone, Margaret A. National Center for Atmospheric Research
Nichols, Roberta J. Ford Motor Company
Sanford, Linda S. International Business Machines Corporation
Wright, Margaret H. Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
Hwang, Jennie S. H-Technologies Group, Inc.
Wheeler, Mary F. The University of Texas at Austin
Brierley, Corale L. Brierley Consultancy LLC
Higgins, Julia S. The Boeing Company
Selinger, Patricia G. IBM Almaden Research Center
Arnold, Frances H. California Institute of Technology
Etter, Delores M. U.S. Department of Defense
Leveson, Nancy G. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Schwartz, Shirley E. General Motors Research and Development Center
Wan, Rong-Yu Newmont Mining Corporation
Baranescu, Rodica A. Navistar International Transportation Corporation
Crawford, Natalie W. The RAND Corporation
Gast, Alice P. Stanford University
Jackson, Shirley A. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Katsaros, Kristina B. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Kwolek, Stephanie L. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Lacasse, Suzanne Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
Lynch, Nancy A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David, Ruth A. ANSER (Analytic Services Inc.)
Dunbar, Bonnie J. NASA Johnson Space Center
Hu, Evelyn L. University of California, Santa Barbara
Kula, Maria-Regina Heinrich Heine University of Duesseldorf
Murray, Cherry A. Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
Weyuker, Elaine AT&T Labs Research

Total Members: 72 and Total Foreign Associates: 4

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