othmeralia: othmeralia: From African-American History to Women’s History Month: Today we celeb
othmeralia:othmeralia:From African-American History to Women’s History Month: Today we celebrate Dr. Bettye Greene, believed to be the first African-American female chemist employed at the Dow Chemical Company. Greene was born on March 20, 1935 in Fort Worth, Texas and earned her B.S. from the Tuskegee Institute in 1955 and her PhD from Wayne State University in 1962. She began working for Dow in 1965 in the E.C. Britton Lab, where she specialized in Latex products. According to her former colleague, Rudolph Lindsey, Dr. Greene served as a Consultant on Polymers issues in the Saran Research Laboratory and the Styrene Butadiene (SB) Latex group often utilized her expertise and knowledge.In addition to her work at Dow, Betty Greene was active in community service in Midland and was a founding member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a national service group for African-American women. Greene retired from Dow in 1990 and passed away in Midland on June 16, 1995. Many thanks for Dr. Betty B. Jones and her associates for bringing Dr. Greene and her achievements out of the archive and onto our Tumblr!Just in time for African American History Month, imagine our delight to see this photograph of Dr. Bettye Washington Greene from the archives of the Dow Chemical Company linked to her Wikipedia entry! -- source link
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