Joan C. Sherman

Joan C. Sherman
Born 1932
Illinois
Nationality American
Citizenship American
Alma mater Northwestern University
Florida Institute of Technology
Awards Space Coast Outstanding Woman Engineer (1994)
Scientific career
Fields Chemistry
Institutions Harris Corporation

Joan Czerniejewski Sherman is a scientist and Professor of Chemistry. She was considered a pathbreaker by becoming one of the first professors at Florida Institute of Technology and one of the first women hired by Radiation, Inc.[1] She became the first woman technical director at Harris Corporation. In 1994, the Society of Women Engineers named her Space Coast Outstanding Woman Engineer.

Early life

Sherman was born in Illinois in 1932. She received bachelor of science in chemistry from Northwestern University. In 1959, she began working for RCA Service Company in the photography lab of the Missile Test Project.

References

  1. Patterson, Gordon. "The Secret History of Joan Czerniejewski Sherman", Ad Astra Florida Tech, 11 April 2018. Assessed 10 October 2018.
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