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In the mid-1970s, Merlin Smith, the president of the [[IEEE Computer Society]], appointed Sloan to the Board of Governors of the Computer Society, the first woman on the board, and soon afterwards appointed her as treasurer of the society. After continuing in several other roles, but without being selected as a presidential candidate, she ran as a write-in candidate for president of the society, and won the election for the 1984-1985 term. |
In the mid-1970s, Merlin Smith, the president of the [[IEEE Computer Society]], appointed Sloan to the Board of Governors of the Computer Society, the first woman on the board, and soon afterwards appointed her as treasurer of the society. After continuing in several other roles, but without being selected as a presidential candidate, she ran as a write-in candidate for president of the society, and won the election for the 1984-1985 term. In 1993, she became the first female president of the whole IEEE,<ref name="oral"/> and the only person to become president of the IEEE after leading the Computer Society.<ref name="oral">{{citation|title=Martha Sloan, an oral history conducted in 2009 by John Vardalas|publisher=IEEE History Center|location=Hoboken, NJ, USA|url=http://ethw.org/Oral-History:Martha_Sloan|accessdate=2015-06-15}}.</ref><ref>[http://www.computer.org/web/cshistory/martha-sloan Martha Sloan: 1984-85 IEEE Computer Society President], IEEE Computer Society, retrieved 2015-06-15.</ref> |
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==Awards and honors== |
==Awards and honors== |
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Martha E. Sloan | |
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| Born | 1939 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Stanford University |
| Occupation | Electrical engineer |
Martha E. Sloan (born 1939) is an American electrical engineer. She was the first female president of the IEEE.
Education and teaching career
Sloan was born in Aurora, Illinois in 1939,[1] the daughter of an obstetrician. She went to Stanford University intending to major in physics, but instead ended up with bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. At this time she was involved with radio, through Stanford's student station KZSU, and as a junior in 1959–1960 she was the secretary of the Stanford branch of the Institute of Radio Engineers, one of the predecessor organizations of the IEEE.[2]
In the 1960s she worked at Lockheed Corporation, and then followed her husband to Germany,[2] where she taught for two years at the Frankfurt International School.[3] She began a Ph.D. program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology but, feeling isolated there and pregnant with her first child, she did not complete the program.[2]
In 1969, she took a teaching position in electrical engineering at Michigan Technological University,[3] becoming the first female faculty member in the department.[4] Needing a doctorate for her new job, she returned to Stanford and completed a Ph.D. in education, with a thesis concerning the COSINE Committee, an NSF-funded project to include computer engineering as part of the electrical engineering curriculum.[2]
IEEE administration
In the mid-1970s, Merlin Smith, the president of the IEEE Computer Society, appointed Sloan to the Board of Governors of the Computer Society, the first woman on the board, and soon afterwards appointed her as treasurer of the society. After continuing in several other roles, but without being selected as a presidential candidate, she ran as a write-in candidate for president of the society, and won the election for the 1984-1985 term. In 1993, she became the first female president of the whole IEEE,[2] and the only person to become president of the IEEE after leading the Computer Society.[2][5]
Awards and honors
Sloan became a fellow of the IEEE in 1991 "for contributions to engineering education, leadership in the development of computer engineering education as a discipline, and leadership in extending engineering education to women."[6] Sloan's other honors include the IEEE Centennial Medal in 1984,[3] the IEEE Richard E. Merwin Distinguished Service Award in 1990,[7] an honorary doctorate from Concordia University in 1993,[3] election as a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery in 1994,[8] and being named an honorary alumna of Michigan Tech in 2014.[4]
References
- ^ Hatch, Sybil E. (2006), "A woman in charge", Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers, ASCE Publications, p. 123, ISBN 9780784408353.
- ^ a b c d e f Martha Sloan, an oral history conducted in 2009 by John Vardalas, Hoboken, NJ, USA: IEEE History Center, retrieved 2015-06-15.
- ^ a b c d Swamy, M. N. S. (June 1993), Honorary Degree Citation - Martha Sloan, Concordia University.
- ^ a b Dr. Martha Sloan, Michigan Tech Alumni Association, retrieved 2015-06-15.
- ^ Martha Sloan: 1984-85 IEEE Computer Society President, IEEE Computer Society, retrieved 2015-06-15.
- ^ IEEE Fellows directory, accessed 2015-06-15.
- ^ Richard E. Merwin Award, IEEE, retrieved 2015-06-15.
- ^ ACM Fellow award citation, retrieved 2015-06-15.