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The Women in Technology International Hall of Fame was established in 1996 by Women in Technology International (WITI) to honor women who contribute to the fields of science and technology.[1]
Women in Technology International Hall of Fame inductees 1996 Stephanie L. Kwolek Ruth Leach Amonette (1916–2004[2] IBM 's first woman vice president (1943–1953)[3] Dr. Eleanor K. Baum (1940–), American electrical engineer and educator. First female dean of (Cooper Union ) School of Engineering.[4] [5] American Society for Engineering Education [6] Dr. Jaleh Daie (1948–), managing partner, Aurora Equity,[7] US Space Foundation (first woman appointed to its board of directors). Member of Band of Angels Dr. Barbara Grant , venture capitalist, former vice president and general manager in the Data Storage Division at IBM [8] Stephanie L. Kwolek (1923–2014), inventor of poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide (Kevlar )Dr. Misha Mahowald (1963–1996), computational neuroscientist Linda Sanford (1953–),[9] IBM Enterprise Transformation (see also Linda Sanford's Oral History Interview )[10] Dr. Cheryl L. Shavers (1953–), Under Secretary for Technology, US Commerce Department (1999–2001)[11] Dr. Sheila Widnall (1938–), American aerospace researcher and Institute Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology . United States Secretary of the Air Force (1993–1997)[12] U.S. military in the Department of Defense Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu (1912–1997), Chinese-American physicist who worked on Manhattan Project 1997 Rosalyn S. Yalow Frances Allen (1932–2020), American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of optimizing compilers (see also Frances Allen's Oral History Interview )Carol Bartz (1948– ), former president and CEO of Yahoo! , former chairman, president and CEO at Autodesk The ENIAC Programmers: The original six women programmers of ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer), first general-purpose electronic digital computer[13] [14] [15] Pamela Meyer Lopker , founder, president and chairman of the board, QAD Inc ., an Enterprise Resource Planning / manufacturing software company[17] Marcia Neugebauer (1932–), American geophysicist whose research yielded first direct measurements of solar wind and shed light on its physics and interaction with comet Donna Shirley (1941–), former manager of Mars Exploration at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see also Donna Shirley Oral History Interview at NASA Oral History Project: "Herstory" , Donna Shirley Interviews, Mars Exploration Program )Shaunna Sowell , former vice president and manager of Worldwide semiconductor Facilities, Texas Instruments [18] Patty Stonesifer (1956–),[19] Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , current president and CEO of Martha's Table Patricia Wallington, former corporate vice president and CIO, Xerox Corporation Rosalyn S. Yalow (1921–2011), American medical physicist , and co-winner of 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (together with Roger Guillemin and Andrew Schally ) for development of the radioimmunoassay (RIA) technique. She was the second American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine after Gerty Cori [20] 1998 Mildred Dresselhaus 1999 Yvonne Brill Yvonne Claeys Brill (1924–2013), Canadian scientist known for development of rocket and jet propulsion technologies at NASA and the International Maritime Satellite Organization .[25] [26] National Science & Technology Medals Foundation video )Sherita T. Ceasar , Vice President Product Engineering Planning and Strategy, Comcast Communications [27] Dr. Thelma Estrin (1924–2014), computer scientist and engineer who pioneered work in expert systems and biomedical engineering . She was one of the first to apply computer technology to healthcare and medical research Dr. Claudine Simson, former executive vice president, chief technology officer, LSI Corporation ; current Director & Business Development Executive, Research and IP, Worldwide Growth Markets, IBM Corporation Yukako Uchinaga , vice president, IBM 's Yamato Software Development Laboratory [28] Yukako Uchinaga's Oral History Interview )2000 Darleane C. Hoffman Dr. Bonnie Dunbar (1949–), former NASA astronaut ; former president and CEO of The Museum of Flight . Leads the University of Houston 's STEM Center (science, technology, engineering and math) and joined the faculty of the Cullen College of Engineering.[29] Q&A with Dr. Bonnie Dunbar, University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering ) Dr. Irene Greif , founder of field of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) .[30] IBM Fellow ; director, Collaborative User Experience research and IBM Center for Social Business .[31] Dr. Darleane C. Hoffman (1926–), American nuclear chemist among researchers who confirmed existence of Seaborgium , element 106[32] Dr. Jennie S. Hwang , first woman to receive Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University's Materials Science and Engineering; expert in surface-mount technology [33] Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson (1946–), president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute . American physicist . First African-American to serve as chairman of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission , elected to U.S. National Academy of Engineering , and to receive Vannevar Bush Award . She is first African-American woman to lead a top-50 national research university[34] 2001 2002 Elaine Oran 2003 Chieko Asakawa (1958–), IBM Fellow . Group Leader, IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory , Accessibility Research; developed IBM Home Page Reader , a self-voicing web browser designed for people who are blind[42] Japanese Wikipedia entry )Wanda Gass , Texas Instruments Fellow; executive director and founder, High-Tech High Heels ("HTHH"), a donor-advised fund at Dallas Women's Foundation that funds programs to prepare girls to pursue degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)[43] [44] [45] Wanda Gass oral history )Dr. Kristina M. Johnson (1957-), American former government official, academic, engineer, and business executive Shirley C. McCarty, aerospace consultant[46] 2004 Susan Solomon Dr. Mary-Dell Chilton , Ph.D. (1939–), founder of modern plant biotechnology and genetic modification ;[47] Agrobacterium [48] Eileen Gail de Planque , Ph.D. (1944–2010), expert on environmental radiation measurements; first woman and first health physicist to become a Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commissioner;[49] solid state dosimetry , radiation transport and shielding , environmental radiation , nuclear facilities monitoring and problems of reactor and personnel dosimetry [50] Dr. Pat Selinger , IBM Fellow ; American computer scientist best known for her work on relational database management systems [51] Patricia Selinger oral history ) Judy Shaw , director, CMOS Module Development at Texas Instruments [52] Dr. Susan Solomon (1956–2010),[53] chlorofluorocarbon free radical reaction mechanism as cause of Antarctic ozone hole [54] 2005 Amparo Moraleda Martínez Barbara Bauer, technology innovation, software development, global management[55] Sonja Bernhardt OAM (1959–), Australian information technology executive; founder and Inaugural President of WiT (Women in Technology) in Queensland [56] [57] Sandra Burke Ph.D., cardiovascular physiologist , former pre-clinical cardiovascular researcher at Abbott Vascular's Research and Advanced Development; developed drug-coated stent intravascular stents for treatment of restenosis [58] Melendy Lovett , senior vice president of Texas Instruments ; president of Texas Instruments 's worldwide Education Technology business;[59] STEM education and workforce advocate, High-Tech High Heels (HTHH)[60] Amparo Moraleda Martínez (1964–), former COO Iberdrola International Division; former president for Southern Europe, IBM (see also Spanish language Wikipedia entry )[61] Neerja Raman, global manufacturing and poverty. Senior Research Fellow, Stanford University; advisor, Committee for Cyber-Infrastructure, National Science Foundation ; formerly HP Labs [62] 2006 Maria Azua , former IBM Vice President of Advanced Cloud Solutions, former IBM VP of Technology & Innovation; patent in Transcoder technology, Java implementation and enhancements, data manipulation[63] [64] Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (1947–) French virologist ; director of Regulation of Retroviral Infections Division (Unité de Régulation des Infections Rétrovirales) at Institut Pasteur . Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2008) for discovery of virus responsible for HIV [65] [66] Kim Jones , former president and managing director for Sun Microsystems UK & Ireland; former VP of Global Education, Government and Health Sciences, Sun Microsystems ; chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Curriki [67] Nor Rae Spohn, former SVP Hewlett-Packard LaserJet Printing Business[68] [69] Dr. Been-Jon Woo, director, Technology Integration & Development, Intel [70] 2007 Helen Greiner 2008 Deborah Estrin Deborah Estrin (1959–), Ph.D., works in networked sensors . First academic faculty member at Cornell Tech ; founding director, Center for Embedded Networked Sensing, UCLA .[84] [85] [86] MacArthur Fellowship .[87] Dr. Susan P. Fisher-Hoch (1940-), expert on infectious diseases; professor of epidemiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health[88] [89] Mary Lou Jepsen , head of Display Division at Google X Lab ; founder of Pixel Qi , a manufacturer of low-cost, low-power LCD screens for laptops; co-founder and first Chief Technology Officer One Laptop per Child (OLPC)[90] [91] TED talk )Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic , Serbian American professor of biomedical engineering , Columbia University ; director, Columbia's Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering.[92] stem cell research .[93] [94] Jian (Jane) Xu , Ph.D., CTO, IBM China Systems and Technology Labs; Distinguished Engineer of IBM Watson Research, focusing on the research of IT and Wireless Convergence[95] [96] 2009 Maxine Fassberg Patricia S. Cowings (1948–), first African-American female scientist to be trained as an astronaut payload specialist; Research Psychologist, Human Systems Integrations Division, NASA Ames Research Center [97] [98] [99] [100] Maxine Fassberg , vice president, Technology and Manufacturing Group, Fab 28 Plant manager; general manager, Intel Israel[101] [102] [103] Dr. Sharon Nunes , VP, IBM 's Smarter Cities Strategy & Solutions, which focuses on improving quality of life at urban centers worldwide by partnering with city governments to improve transportation, waste management and energy use[104] [105] [106] Dr. Carolyn Turbyfill, VP Engineering, Stacksafe[107] [108] 2010 Dr. Ruth Westheimer Sandy Carter , IBM 's worldwide VP, Social Business Evangelism and Sales, IBM’s Social Business initiative [109] [110] [111] Dr. Ruth A. David , president and CEO, ANSER (Analytic Services Inc);[112] Homeland Security Advisory Council ;[113] CIA . Adele Goldberg (1945–), computer scientist ; participated in developing programming language Smalltalk -80 and various concepts related to object-oriented programming while a researcher at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), in the 1970s, then founding chairman, ParcPlace Systems, Inc.Susie Wee , CTO, Cisco Systems ;[114] HP Labs . Focus on streaming media ;[115] JPEG-2000 image security[116] [117] TED TEDxBayArea Women talk )Dr. Ruth Westheimer (born Karola Siegel (born 1928); known as "Dr. Ruth"), German-American sex therapist , talk show host, author, professor, Holocaust survivor , and former Haganah sniper.[118] 2011 Lynda Weinman Alicia Abella , Ph.D., executive director, Innovative Services Research, AT&T Labs ;[119] [120] [121] [122] Evelyn Berezin (1925–2018), American computer engineer best known for designing one of the first word processors . She also helped design some of the first computer reservations systems , computer data systems for banks ;[123] Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) (BSA manages Brookhaven National Laboratory for Department of Energy 's Office of Science )Diane Pozefsky , Ph.D., research professor, Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina;[124] networking technologies at IBM [125] IBM Diane Pozefsky oral history )Sophie V. Vandebroek , Ph.D., CTO and president, Xerox Innovation Group, Xerox Corporation [126] [127] [128] [129] Lynda Weinman (1955–), co-founder and executive chair, Lynda.com , an online software training web site[130] [131] [132] [133] [134] [135] 2012 Genevieve Bell , Ph.D., Australian anthropologist and researcher.[136] Intel Fellow; director, User Interaction and Experience, Intel Labs, Intel Corporation [137] [138] Joanne Martin , Ph.D. (1947–). Served on management team that developed and delivered IBM 's first supercomputer , with specific responsibility for the performance measurement and analysis of the system.[139] [140] IBM Corporation Jane Lubchenco (1947-), Ph.D. Ukrainian-American environmental scientist and marine ecologist ;[141] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA);[142] [143] [144] [145] Charlie Rose interview ); Haas Distinguished Visitor, Stanford University [146] Gwynne Shotwell (1963-), president, SpaceX [147] [148] [149] Shotwell: The Future of Space talk at Northwestern )[150] 2013 Marian Croak 2014 Orna Berry Orna Berry (1949-), Israeli corporate vice president, growth and innovation, EMC Centers of Excellence EMEA, EMC Corporation Jennifer Pahlka (1969-), founder and executive director, Code for America Kim Polese (1961-), chair, ClearStreetKris Rinne , senior vice president, network and product planning, AT&T Services, Inc.Lauren States , vice president, strategy and transformation, IBM Software Group2015 Cheemin Bo-Linn, president and CEO, Peritus Partners Nichelle Nichols (1932-), American actorPam Parisian, chief information officer, AT&T Sheryl Root, president and CEO, RootAnalysis Marie Wieck, general manager, Middleware, IBM 2016 2017 Beena Ammanath, Global Vice President, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Krunali Patel Vice President, Texas Instruments Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Strategist, IBM Selma Svendsen Senior Director, iRobot Elizabeth Xu , chief technology officer, BMC Software 2018 Rhonda Childress ,[151] Elizabeth "Jake" Feinler ,[152] Roz Ho,[153] Santosh K. Kurinec ,[154] Rochester Institute of Technology , professor of electrical and microelectronic engineeringYanbing Li, Ph.D.,[155] VMware Rashmi Rao,[156] 2019 Heather Hinton, vice president and IBM Distinguished Engineer, IBM. Julia Liuson , corporate vice president, Developer Tools, Microsoft.Dr. Sara Rushinek, professor of business technology and health informatics, University of Miami. Dr. Natalia Trayanova , professor of biomedical engineering and medicine, Johns Hopkins University Blanca Treviño , president and CEO, Softtek[157] 2021 Arundhati Bhattacharya , chairperson and chief executive officer for the State Bank of India [158] Lisa P. Jackson , EPA Administrator[159] Olu Maduka, Founding Board Member and current Chairman of the Board of Women in Energy, Oil, and Gas Nigeria (WEOG)[160] Karen Quintos, senior vice president and chief marketing officer – Dell Inc.[161] Angie Ruan, vice president of engineering at Chime[162] Lisa T. Su, Ph.D. , president and CEO, Advanced Micro Devices[163] Kara Swisher , editor-at-large of New York Media[164] Tae Yoo, senior vice president, corporate affairs and corporate social responsibility, Cisco[165] References External links
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