Consuelo "Connie" Stokes Milner (May 30, 1927 – September 4, 2020) [1] was an American engineer, cryptographer, and educator.[2]
Early life
editMilner originally worked in dress design before going into engineering.[3] She was a member of Phi Delta Kappa, education honor society.[4]
Scientific career
editMilner worked as an electrical engineer at the Brooklyn Navy Yard at the GS-12 level.[5] She received this promotion after 10 years of service.[6] Milner was the first woman to hold that high of a position ever.[5] Her work was considered to be classified.[5] Milner's work also included Cryptography for the Naval Applied Science Lab.[2]
Patent
editMilner held a US patent for thermally stabilized crystal units.[7] This was a method for producing electricity.[8]
Later career
editMilner later became a mathematics teacher.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Visit Consuelo "Connie" Stokes Milner's Memorial Website". everloved.com.
- ^ a b "Cyberculture & Girls". The New Yorker. June 27, 1964.
- ^ "Ebony". Johnson Publishing Company. April 1963.
- ^ National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa October 2020 [dead link]
- ^ a b c Company, Johnson Publishing (April 9, 1963). "Ebony". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books.
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- ^ "Thermally stabilized crystal units".
- ^ Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office. The Office. 1965.
- ^ Fosburgh, Lacey (September 3, 1970). "Computer Show Fascinating to and by the Numbers". The New York Times.