Rose Mooney-Slater

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Rose Camile LeDieu Mooney-Slater (23 October 1902 — 21 November 1981) was a professor of physics at the Newcomb College of the Tulane University and the first female X-ray crystallographer in the United States.[1][2]

Life[]

Rose Camille LeDieu was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.[3][4] Mooney-Slater received a B.S. and M.S. in physics from the Newcomb College of the Tulane University in 1926 and 1929, respectively.[1] In 1932, she received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago.[1] In 1933, she became a professor of physics at the Newcomb College.[1] She became a Guggenheim Fellow in 1939.[1] In 1941, she was appointed the head of the Physics Department at Newcomb College.[1] From 1943 to 1944, she worked as a research physicist and crystallographer on the Manhattan Project in the Metallurgical Lab at the University of Chicago.[1] From 1952 to 1956, she worked as a physicist at the National Bureau of Standards.[1] From 1956 to 1981, she served as a research physicist at MIT.[1] From 1966 to 1974, she taught physics at the University of Florida.[1] She was married to John C. Slater.[2] Mooney-Slater died on 21 November 1981.[5]

Awards[]

She was a Guggenheim Fellow and a Fellow of the American Physical Society.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Rose C. Mooney-Slater". Atomic Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  2. ^ a b c "Articles Rose C. L. Mooney-Slater". www.amercrystalassn.org. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  3. ^ "Rose Camille LeDieu Mooney-Slater papers, 1917-1981". American Philosophical Society Library.
  4. ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. pp. 910–911. ISBN 9780415920384.
  5. ^ Hall, Stanley R.; Seff, Karl (1982). "Rose C. L. Mooney-Slater". Physics Today. 35 (7): 72. doi:10.1063/1.2915184.
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