Background
McCarty, Shirley Carolyn was born on May 2, 1934 in Minot, North Dakota, United States. Daughter of Harry and Cecelia Marie (Engene) Wolhowe.
McCarty, Shirley Carolyn was born on May 2, 1934 in Minot, North Dakota, United States. Daughter of Harry and Cecelia Marie (Engene) Wolhowe.
Bachelor of Business Administration, University North Dakota, Grand Forks, 1958.
Member technical staff Douglas Aircraft, El Segundo, California, 1960-1962, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, 1962-1972, manager, 1972-1973, director, 1973-1979, principal director, 1979-1989, general manager, 1989—1996. Retired, 1996; president Shamrock Consulting, since 1996. Appointed member aerospace safety advisory panel National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1998, chair, 2002—2003.
Member advisory council California State University, Northridge, 1979-1901, chairman, 1984-1986. Member industrial advisory board Purdue University Society Women Engineers, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1979-1982, 85-. Member advisory board California Academy Mathematics and Science, 1991-1996.
Speaker in field.
Fellow Society Women Engineers. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Association for Computing Machinery, Society Women Engineers, Business and Professional Women (Woman of Achievement 1984, Golden Nike award 1985), Women in Business(corporation achievement award, 1987), Women in Computing (founding member, board directors).
Married John Myron McCarty, April 3, 1958.