Stella Lawrence

Background

Lawrence, Stella was born on February 2, 1918 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Arrived in United States, 1924, naturalized, 1945. Daughter of M. and Fannie (Broide) Hertchikoff.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, New York University, 1938. Master of Science, New York University, 1941. Bachelor of Electrical Engineering summa cum laude, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1949.

Master of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1952.

Career

Development engineer Control Instrument Company, 1943—1947. Lecturer physics City College of New York, 1958—1970. Member switching system development department Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1947—1960.

Assistant professor Bronx Community College, 1960—1965, associate professor electrical engineering technical, 1966—1980, professor, since 1980. Consultant advanced technical department Ampex Corporation, since 1975. Consultant orbiting system Aerospace Corporation, 1978.

Consultant Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1980, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Ohio, 1983. Visiting scientist Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University California, 1981, L.B. Johnson Space Center, 1982.

Achievements

• Stella Lawrence has been listed as a noteworthy electrical engineer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Community Planning Board 7, Bronx, New York City, since 1970. Fellow: Brooklyn Engineers Club. Member: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior.

Executive committee New York section since 1956, regional executive committee 1975), New York Academy of Sciences, American Society Engineering Education, Society Women Engineers (senior. Charter member), Sigma Pi Sigma, Pi Mu Epsilon, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Father:

M. Hertchikoff

Mother:

Fannie (Broide) Hertchikoff