Timeline: An Evolving Institute
MIT science faculty involved in advocating for or serving on the Committee on the Status of Women Faculty in Science: Sylvia Ceyer, Robert Silbey, Jerome Friedman, Paula Malanotte-Rizzoli, Nancy Hopkins, Sallie “Penny” Chisholm, Leigh Royden, Joanne Stubbe, and Mary-Lou Pardue, circa 1999.
- 1980 - Dr. ChoKyun Rha (SB XX ‘62, SM XX ’64, SM X ’66, ScD XX ’67), first known Asian woman to earn tenure at MIT
- 1980 - Dr. Pushpa Devi Singh (PhD V), first known South Asian woman to receive a PhD in Chemistry
- 1983 - Dr. Francee Jean Taylor (SB VII), first known Native American woman to receive a degree from MIT
- 1987 - Dr. JoAnne Stubbe, first woman in the Department of Chemistry to become tenured
- 1987 - Women in Chemistry group founded
- 1999 - A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT is published
- 1999 - Dr. Hyun Gyung Jang first woman to hold post-doctoral position in Biological Engineering
- 2004 - Dr. Susan Hockfield, biology faculty member and first woman President of MIT
ChoKyun Song Rha, circa 1964.
JoAnne Stubbe, 2017.
Susan Hockfield, 2012.
