Mildred Dresselhaus
- Born: November 11, 1930 (New York, New York)
Education
- 1951: BA, Hunter College
- 1953: MA, Radcliffe College
- 1958: PhD, University of Chicago (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1958–1960: Cornell University, NSF Fellow
- 1960–1967: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Researcher, Lincoln Laboratories
- 1967–1968: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- 1968–1973: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- 1973–1985: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor of Electrical Engineering
- 1985–present: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Professor
- 2000–2001: United States Department of Energy, Director, Office of Science
Other Positions
- 1977–1983: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Director, Center for Materials Science and Engineering
- 1983–present: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor of Physics
- 1984–1984: American Physical Society, President
- 1998–1998: American Association for the Advancement of Science, President
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1974–1976: Member, Advisory Board, Materials Research Division, National Science Foundation
- 1978–1984: Chair, Steering Committee on Evaluation Panels, National Bureau of Standards
- 1980–1984: Member, Science Advisory Committy, Allied Chemical Corporation
- 1984–1988: Member, Governing Board, National Research Council
- 1984–1990: Member, Energy Research Advisory Board, United States Department of Energy
- 1987–1990: Chair, Engineering Section, National Research Council
- 2003–2008: Chair, Governing Board, American Institute of Physics
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1985: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1990: National Medal of Science
- 2004: IEEE, Founders Medal
- 2008: American Physical Society, Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
- 2010: United States Department of Energy, Enrico Fermi Award
Oral History Interviews
- 2001: Available Online
Resources on the Web
Video: MIT150 "Infinite History" interview
"Memories from a Life in Physics" (pdf)
Published Resources
G. Dresselhaus and F. A. Stahl, "Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus (1930-)," in Out of the Shadows: Contributions of Twentieth-Century Women to Physics, ed. Nina Byers and Gary Williams (New York: Cambridge University Press: 2006), 353-361
