Patricia Mae Shamamy, Ph.D., P.E., F.SWE 1938–2023SWE Fellow, professor, advocate for STEM education Longtime SWE member and Fellow Patricia Mae (Bunn) Shamamy, Ph.D., P.E., 84, died March 23, 2023. Dr. Shamamy taught at Lawrence Technological University for nearly 40 ...

Roberta Banaszak Gleiter, F.SWE 1939–2023SWE Fellow, past president, and reentry engineer, dedicated to raising the profile of women engineers Roberta Banaszak Gleiter, SWE Fellow and past president, died at her Los Angeles home on July 22, 2023. She grew up in Chicago...

Carolyn Fazzolari, P.E., F.SWE 1941–2022SWE pioneer member and professor, led outreach efforts in the Greater New York area Word recently reached SWE that Carolyn Vivona Fazzolari, P.E., F.SWE, died Oct. 1, 2022. Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, she became an accompli...

Evelyn Vernick Fowler 1921–2022SWE founding member and centenarian, an artist turned chemical engineer Evelyn Vernick Fowler was a young chemical engineer when she participated in the historic meeting at Camp Green that formally launched the Society of Women Engineers....

George R. Brewster 1939–2021 SWE Fellow, Rodney D. Chipp Memorial Award recipient George R. Brewster, F.SWE, 1985 Rodney D. Chipp Memorial Award recipient, and retired manager of salary recruiting at Corning Inc., died May 4. For much of his 34-year career with Co...

1935–2020SWE Fellow, first woman president of the Colorado Engineering Council Word recently reached SWE that Darlyne C. Fuller, F.SWE, died in June 2020. A longtime member based in Denver, she graduated from the University of Denver in 1958 with a B.S. in electrical engi...

1928–2021SWE Fellow, pioneer, and accomplished pilot Elayne M. Brower, F.SWE, known as “Sandy,” died Nov. 14, 2021, in Richland, Washington. A pioneer member of the Society, she joined SWE in 1954 while employed in the aerodynamics lab at the David Taylor Model Basin. Bro...

Mary Louise Pottle1926–2021Founding member of SWE Boston, human rights advocate Mary Louise Pottle was among the early women graduates from Northeastern University’s department of mechanical engineering and one of the four founders of the SWE Boston Section. Graduating fr...

Consuelo “Connie” Hauser, P.E. 1929–2020 SWE Fellow; first woman to receive an engineering degree from Yale University Born in 1929, Consuelo “Connie” Minnich Hauser, P.E., was a child of the Great Depression who excelled in math and science. Growing up in Norristow...

Frances “Billie” Richardson 1922–2017SWE Fellow and early member; professor and researcher who inspired generations of women engineering students. Word reached SWE recently that SWE Fellow Frances “Billie” Richardson, founding member of SWE’s North Carolina Section, di...

Anna Kazanjian Longobardo SWE charter member and Fellow; trailblazer whose motto was, “I have never been afraid to be first.”1928–2020 As an accomplished student, Anna Kazanjian Longobardo enrolled in the pre-engineering program at Barnard College (sister s...

Regina C. Saat, J.D. SWE Former Attorney SWE Friend Regina C. Saat, J.D., the attorney who represented SWE for a number of years during the 1990s, died in August 2020. Saat was hired by Past President Jill S. Tietjen, P.E., F.SWE, and worked closely with Tietjen and th...