Mary Engle Pennington (1872-1952)

Subject: Pennington, Mary Engle 1872-1952        American Chemical Society        University of Pennsylvania        United States Dept. of Agriculture

Type: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1940

Topic: Chemistry      Women scientists

Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-1451]

Summary: Chemist Mary Engle Pennington (1872-1952), an expert on the refrigeration of perishable foods, had just been chosen by the American Chemical Society as the 1940 recipient of the Francis P. Garvan Gold Medal to honor outstanding achievement in science by a woman. Pennington had attended the University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D., 1895) and worked at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1905-1919, before becoming a private consultant in 1922

Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives

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Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives