Clark, Yvonne
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| Birthname | Georgiana Yvonne Young | ||||
| born on | 13 April 1929 at 12:00 (= 12:00 noon ) | ||||
| Place | Houston, Texas, 29n46, 95w22 | ||||
| Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   23°19'   15°33 Asc. 26°37'
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Biography
American mechanical engineer and a pioneer for blacks and women in engineering. Clark was the first woman to get a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering at Howard University. She was the first woman to earn a master's degree in Engineering Management from Vanderbilt University in 1972. She was the first woman to serve as a faculty member in the College of Engineering and Technology at Tennessee State University, now emereti Professor.
Amomg Clark's research projects was a Summer spent at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, helping design the containers Neil Armstrong used to bring Moon samples back to Earth.
Clark married William F. Clark Jr, a biochemistry teacher at Meharry Medical College, in 1955. They had a son in 1956 and a daughter in 1968.
Source Notes
Birth certificate in hand from Sy Scholfield. It states "12 noon."
Categories
- Traits : Body : Race (Black, African-American)
- Traits : Mind : Education extensive (Master's degree in Engineering Management)
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Two)
- Vocation : Engineer : Mechanical
- Notable : Famous : First in Field