Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Society of Women Engineers Oral History Project: Profiles of SWE Pioneers Description An account of the resource Interviews of pioneering women engineers, across engineering disciplines, conducted to document the history of women in engineering from the 1930s to the present as well as the founding and development of SWE. This project was sponsored by the Society of Women Engineers through generous funding provided by the Ford Motor Company Fund and managed by the Reuther Library. Both transcript and videotapes are available. CWIS Item Migration This Item Type takes in metadata from CWIS' database. Title, Description, and Coverage are added to the same Omeka Metadata fields. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource (repository, collection, or item). Lois Bey Oral History Description An account of the resource Lois Bey is a chemical engineer who holds the distinction of being the first woman graduate in chemical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, where she graduated with honors in 1950. In 2001, Bey received an IIT Distinguished Alumni Award for this accomplishment as well as for her commitment and contributions to the chemical engineering profession. Bey's early career involved a lot of hands-on involvement in lab work as well as experience with large industrial chemical equipment. She worked for a succession of companies including Edwal Laboratories, Underwriters Laboratories and the Armour Research Institute (now IIT Research Institute) with responsibilities ranging from lab technician to assistant engineer. From 1956-1960, Bey was employed as a sales engineer for a Midwest chemical process equipment manufacturer, F.M. De Beers, Assoc. where she sold and trouble-shooted equipment. After taking a job with Baxter Laboratories in 1960, Bey earned a master's degree in Library and Information Science. Until her retirement in 1993, Bey successfully combined both her degrees toward a career as an information specialist in chemical company research & development departments, first at Baxter and later at Stepan Chemical Company. Bey joined SWE in 1953 and is a life member. She was also an active member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Society of Information Science. Oral History Item Metadata Specific to Oral History Items. Date Recorded Date of Record Creation (Imported from CWIS DateRecordedBegin field) 2003-04-16 Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Bey, Lois Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Lauren Kata Coverage Coverage (Imported from CWIS Coverage field) 1930’s-present