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
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Mary E. Pennington
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SIA2009-1451
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Acc 90-105, Box 17, Folder Biog. - PEI - PEN; Portrait. From caption: "Woman Wins Science Award, Dr. Mary E. Pennington of New York City, authority on the refrigeration of perishable foods, 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. Dr. Pennington, a native of Nashville, Tenn., has had a distinguished career as teacher, director of research, and consultant."
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03:46, 12 October 2011
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Acc 90-105, Box 17, Folder Biog. - PEI - PEN; "Portrait. From caption: ""Woman Wins Science Award, Dr. Mary E. Pennington of New York City, authority on the refrigeration of perishable foods, 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. Dr. Pennington, a native of Nashville, Tenn., has had a distinguished career as teacher, director of research, and consultant."""