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The Chemical Educator
ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 23
(2018) pp 64-68
Mildred (“Millie”) S. Dresselhaus (1930–2017) (“Queen of Carbon Science”), An Obituary-Tribute
George B. Kauffman*
Department of Chemistry, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA 93740-8034, georgek@mail.fresnostate.edu
Published: 18 April 2018
Abstract. In
1985 Mildred (“Millie”) S. Dresselhaus became the first woman Institute
Professor at MIT and in 1990 the first woman to receive the U.S. National Medal
of Science in Engineering. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in
2014. She worked indefatigably to make physics more welcoming to female
scientists and helped to create a system for women physicists to visit campuses
and meet graduate and undergraduate students. She also persuaded research
institutions to improve living accommodations for women and remove discrimination
from admission processes.
Key Words: Chemistry and History; Physics; Carbon Science; Carbon-Based Nanomaterials; Graphite; Graphite Intercalation Compounds; Carbon Fibers; Fullerenes; Carbon Nanotubes; Graphene; Thermoelectric Effects of Low-Dimensional and Nanoscale Structures; Magneto-optic Studies in Graphite
(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: georgek@mail.fresnostate.edu)
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