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WIT Decade 1960

 
 
1960's
Women in front of an IBM location in the 1960s.  

Women in front of an IBM location in the 1960s.

 
1961
· Barbara Bode of IBM San Jose is the first woman to receive a master's degree under the IBM Work Study Program. She received a masters degree in mathematics at San Jose State College.
 
1963
· Dagmar L. Arnold, an IBM industrial designer at the company's San Jose Plant, is the first woman at IBM to receive a United States patent. The patent is for Miss Arnold's contribution to the external design of the 1301 Disk Storage Unit.
· Phoebe LaSense is the first woman Senior Systems Engineer.
 
1964
IBM's Data Processing Division appoints Donna Proctor as its first female senior systems engineer.  

IBM's Data Processing Division appoints Donna Proctor as its first female senior systems engineer.

 
· IBM employees Dee Dempsey and Alice Ribgy graduate from the first Women's Executive Classes taught at UCLA.
 
1965
· Betty Hickey is the first woman employee of IBM East Fishkill to retire after thirteen years of service. She retired on October 25, 1965 as an inspector.
· Dr. Geraline Swartz is the first PhD in the Systems Development Division. She was also active as an officer in the Scientific Research Society of America (RESA).
 
1966
Rita McCabe  

1966-1970 IBM & SWE started a relationship with Rita McCabe (Armonk, NY)

 
IBM Austria's first female Systems Engineer, Beate E. Hager, also becomes the first female instructor at IBM Austria's Training Center in Vienna.  

IBM Austria's first female Systems Engineer, Beate E. Hager, also becomes the first female instructor at IBM Austria's Training Center in Vienna.

 
1967
· Judy Pittsford is the first IBM Austin hire.
 
1968
· Elizabeth Metsel becomes the first female student at the IBM Technical Development Center.
· First women Educational Service Representatives (ESRs) in Latin America trained.
 
 
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