Dorothy Martin Simon

Background

Simon, Dorothy Martin was born on September 18, 1919 in Harwood, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Robert William and Laudell (Flynn) Martin.

Education

AB, Southwest Missouri State University, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1945. Postdoctoral work, Cambridge University, England, 1954.

Doctor of Science (honorary), Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1971. Doctor of Engineering (honorary), Lehigh University, 1978.

Career

Graduate teaching assistant University Illinois, 1941-1945. Research chemist pioneering research division Éleuthère Irénée Du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc., Buffalo, 1945-1947. Chemist Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1947.

Associate chemist Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1948-1949. Aeronautical research scientist, group leader National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Cleveland, 1949-1953, assistant branch chief chemistry, 1954-1955. Group leader combustion fundamentals Magnolia Petroleum Company subsidiary Mobil Corporation, Dallas, 1955-1956.

Principal scientist, technical assistant to president research and advanced development division Avco Corporation, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1956-1962, director corporation research defense and industrial products group, 1962-1964, group vice president, 1964-1968, corporation vice president research, 1968-1984. President Simon Associates, since 1984. Marie Curie lecturer State University Pennsylvania, 1962.

Executive lecturer University Illinois, 1981. Member corporation Drape Lab, 1982-1987. Member President's Committee on National Medal Science, 1979-1981.

Member space systems and technical advisory committee National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Member National Science Foundation panel science and technical, 1973-1984. Member statutory committee National Bureau Standards, Department Commerce, 1979-1984.

Chairman national materials advisory board National Research Council. Visiting committee aerospace and astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980-1983. Member defense policy advisory committee on trade Department Defense, 1982-1984, corporation member emeritus Northeastern University.

Achievements

• Dorothy Martin Simon has been listed as a noteworthy chemist, business executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee emeritus Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Northeastern University. Member visiting committee sponsored research Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972-1978. Member oversser committee for applied research Harvard University.

Member Daniel Guggenheim Board Awards, 1978-1982, chairman, 1982. Board directors Planned Parenthood Orange County, since 1989. Fellow American Institute Chemists, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (chairman section 1977-1979, national director 1979-1981).

Member American Chemical Society, International Combustion Institute, Society Woman Engineers (Achievement award 1966), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Sidney L. Simon, December 6, 1946 (deceased November 26, 1975).

Father:

Robert William Martin

Mother:

Laudell (Flynn) Martin

Spouse:

Sidney L. Simon