Rose Camille LeDieu Mooney-Slater (23 October 1902 – 21 November 1981) was a professor of physics at the Newcomb College of the Tulane University and the first female X-ray crystallographer in the United States.[1][2]
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| Born | Rose Camille LeDieu October 23, 1902 |
| Died | November 21, 1981 (aged 79) |
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| Fields | X-ray crystallography |
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Life
editRose Camille LeDieu was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.[3][4] Mooney-Slater received a B.S. and M.S. in physics from the Newcomb College of the Tulane University in 1926 and 1929, respectively.[1] In 1932, she received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago.[1]
In 1933, she became a professor of physics at the Newcomb College.[1] She became a Guggenheim Fellow in 1939.[1] In 1941, she was appointed the head of the physics department at Newcomb College.[1] From 1943 to 1944, she worked as a research physicist and crystallographer on the Manhattan Project in the Metallurgical Lab at the University of Chicago.[1] From 1952 to 1956, she worked as a physicist at the National Bureau of Standards.[1] From 1956 to 1981, she served as a research physicist at MIT.[1] From 1966 to 1974, she taught physics at the University of Florida.[1] In 1954 she married fellow physicist John C. Slater.[2][5] Mooney-Slater died on 21 November 1981.[6]
Awards
editShe was a Guggenheim Fellow and a fellow of the American Physical Society.[2][7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Rose C. Mooney-Slater". Atomic Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on April 25, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- ^ a b c Fronczek, Frank (2017). "Rose C. L. Mooney-Slater". ACA History. American Crystallographic Association. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- ^ "Rose Camille LeDieu Mooney-Slater papers, 1917-1981". American Philosophical Society Library. American Philosophical Society. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
- ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. pp. 910–911. ISBN 9780415920384. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
- ^ Morse, Philip M. (1982). "John Clarke Slater: 1900–1976" (PDF). Biographical Memoirs (PDF). Vol. 53. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences. p. 310. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
- ^ Moulton, Grace (July 1, 1982). "Rose C. L. Slater". Physics Today. 35 (7): 72. Bibcode:1982PhT....35g..72M. doi:10.1063/1.2915184. ISSN 0031-9228. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
- ^ "Tulane Prof Honored By Physical Society". The American Progress. September 30, 1938. p. 23. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.