FEDERAL WOMAN'S AWARD NEWS RELEASE

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FEDERAL WOMAN'S HURD
BOARD OF
TRUSTEES
Chairman:
Mrs. Katie Louchheim
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Public Affairs
Department of State
Vice Chairman:
Hon. Robert E. Hampton
Commissioner
U. S. Civil Service Commission
? MEMBERS:
Hon. Bertha S. Adkins
Head of the School
Foxcrolt School
Middleburg, Virginia
Raymond T. Bowman
Assistant Director for
Statistical Standards
Bureau of the Budget
Alfred Friendly
Managing Editor
The Washington Post
Hon. Kathryn E. Granahan
Treasurer of the United States
Hon. Barbara Bates Gunderson
3625 Hall Street
Rapid City, South Dakota
Robert W. Hartley
Vice President
The Brookings Institution
Hon. Maurine B. Neuberger
United States Senate
Miss Miriam Ottenberg
The Evening Star
Hon. Ralph S. Roberts
Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Management
Department of State
Hon. Rocco C. Siciliano
Wilkinson, Cragun and Barker
Address:
Federal Woman's Award
Care of
U. S. Civil Service Commission
8th and F Streets, Northwest
Washington 25, D. C.
WITH THE
. COOPERATION OF
Woodward & Lothrop
WASHINGTON, D. C.
News Release
Advance for Sunday papers.
Not to be used before
April 7, 1963
Six Government career women will receive the third annual
Federal Woman's Award, Mrs. Katie Louchheim, Chairman of the
Federal Woman's Award Board of Trustees, announced today. The
women who have been selected for this top honor represent high
achievement in the fields of aviation, geology, law, medicine,
peraonnel administration, and space science. They were chosen
for their outstanding contributions to the quality and efficiency
of the career service of the Federal Government, for their in-
fluence on major Government programs, and for personal qualities
of leadership, judgment, integrity, and dedication.
The recipients of the Award are:
Dr. Eleanor L. Makel, Supervisory Medical Officer - Internal
Medicine, St. Elizabeths Hospital, Department of Health,
Education and Welfare.
Miss Bessie Margolin, Associate Solicitor, Department of Labor.
Mrs. Katharine Mather, Chief, Petrography Section, Special
Investigations Branch, U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experi-
ment Station (Jackson, Miss.), Department of the Army.
Miss Verna C. Mohagen? Director of Personnel, Soil Conserva-
tion Service, Department of Agriculture.
Mrs. Blanche W. Noyes, Air Marking Specialist, Centers and
Towers Project Branch, Installation and Materiel Service,
Federal Aviation Agency.
Miss Eleanor C. Pressly, Head, Vehicles Section, Spacecraft
Integration and Sounding Rocket Division, Goddard Space Flight
Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Specific citationa and biographical facts on each Award
winnEtr fallow.
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Dr. Eleanor L. Make', for outstanding ability and leadership in developing and
directing a hospital Program of medical care and training which meets the most exacting
standards of full accreditation. Dr. Makel is Assistant to the Director of the Medicine
and Surgery Branch of St. Elizabeths Hospital, where she has served as a Medical Officer
since 1953. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., she received her B.S. degree from Howard Univer-
sity and her M.D. degree from Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn. Prior to joining
the staff of St. Elizabeths she served with Freedmen's Hospital in Washington and the
District of Columbia Health Department. In her present position, Dr. Makel develops
administrative and medical policies of the Medicine, and Surgery Branch, which is the
medical hospital within St. Elizabeths, the largest Federal mental hospital in the
United States. She is responsible for maintaining the quality and quantity of medical
service, and for the training of junior medical officers. She is also an Associate
in Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine, and has a part-time
private practice in internal medicine. She is the first woman physician accepted for
residency in internal medicine at Freedmen's Hospital, and the first Negro at the pro-
fessional level to beadmitted to the medical staff of St.. Elizabeths Hospital.
Miss Bessie Margolin, for exceptional competence as an appellate advocate and signi-
ficant contributions to the administration and enforcement of Federal labor laws. Miss
Margolin received the B.A. and LL.B. degrees from Tulane University, and her J.S.D. degree
from the Yale University Law School. She is a member of the Bars of Louisiana, Tennessee,
and the District of Columbia, the United States Supreme Court, and the several U. S.
Courts of Appeals. She began her Government career in 1933 as an attorney with the
Tennessee Valley Authority, and transferred to the Department of Labor in 1939 as Senior
Litigation Attorney. Promoted to Assistant Solicitor in 1942, she has continued in that
capacity except for 6 months in 1946 when, at the request of the War Department, she
served as an attorney on the staff of the Chief Counsel for the war crimes trials in
Nuremberg, Germany. Miss Margolin has a national reputation as an expert advocate in
Government litigation before the Supreme Court of the United States, and is one of the
very few Government attorneys outside the Department of Justice who are regularly
assigned Supreme Court arguments. In 24 of the 26 Supreme Court cases argued by her,
the decisions have been in favor of the Government. She is a member of the American Bar
Association, the Federal Bar Association, and the D. C. Bar Association, and an associate
member of the Bar Association of her native city, New York.
? Mrs. Katharine Mather, for her unique accomplishments in the application of petro-
graphic knowledge and techniques to research on concrete and concrete materials and her
success in communicating such knowledge both to scientists and to engineers. Mrs. Mather
received the B.A. degree in geology from Bryn Mawr College and did graduate work at Johns
Hopkins University. She began her career with the Corps of Engineers in 1942 as a junior
geologist at the Central Concrete Laboratory, Mount Vernon, N. Y., and was promoted to
engineer in 1944. The Laboratory was transferred to Jackson, Miss., in 1946 and became
the Concrete Division of the Waterways Experiment Station. At that time she was again
promoted to geologist, and has held her present position since 1958.. She was the first
scientist to appreciate the potentialities of X-ray diffraction for obtaining knowledge of
the constitution and composition of concrete materials, and her laboratory was the first
?to apply X-ray diffraction to a broad study of concrete. Her work has greatly improved
the quality and reduced the cost of concrete construction. She is a recognized authority
in this field, and is regularly consulted by scientists and engineers in Government,
universities, and private industry research. Distinguished scientists have frequently
come to work with her for extended periods, including representatives of many foreign
countries. She is a member of several professional organizations, and has received
numerous honors and awards.
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Miss Verna C. Mohagen, for her demonstrated creativity, leadership, and progressive-
ness in directing personnel management in the Soil Conservation Service over a 16-year
period. A native of Grafton, North Dekota, Miss Mohagen joined the Federal service as
a clerk-stenographer in the Veterans Bureau at Fargo, N. Dak., in 1927. She transferred
to the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D. C., in 1929, and joined the Soil
Conservation Service as a junior administrative assistant in 1935.. Successive promotions
brought her to the position of Director of the Personnel Division in 1946. Attending
college at night for eight years while working full time, she obtained her B.A. and M.A.
degrees in economics from George Washington University. Miss Mohagen has developed and
maintained a program of personnel management for the 16,500 employees in the Soil Con-
servation Service's 3,800 offices which is outstanding among Federal agencies, parti-
cularly in its uniform effectiveness throughout the entire field organization of the
Service, and has won high praise from the U. S. Civil Service Commission. Her leader-
ship and accomplishments in personnel management and employee development have brought
substantial savings in time, money, and manpower, while contributing materially to soil
and water conservation's progress in the Nation.
Mrs. Blanche W. Noyes, for her successful formulation and direction of air marking
programs relative to the establishment, maintenance, and improvement of visual aids to
air navigation. Mrs. Noyes, an outstanding woman in aviation before entering Government
service, was co-winner of the 1936 Bendix air race, competing against men, and is a holder
of the women's east-to-west steed record. A graduate of West High School in Cleveland,
Ohio, where she was born, she has taken courses in engineering, psychology, public speaking,
aircraft mechanisms, meteorology, and air navigation. From the time she began her Govern-
ment service with the Bureau of Air Commerce in 1936, she has been directly and personally
responsible for the Government's program for Air Marking.. She has written and revised the
technical handbook used by those who design and build air markers, and she designed the
U. S. Standard Heliport Marker and the standard ground signals used by pilots awaiting
rescue. The far-reaching effects of her liaison and public speaking activities is shown
in her successful promotion of the construction and maintenance of air markers at non-
Federal expense. Mrs. Noyes flies solo thousands of miles each year, making frequent
and extensive Visual Flight Rule cross-country flights both in sparsely settled areas and
those of great traffic density. She has cooperated with many foreign countries in as-
sisting them to set up their air marking programs. The recipient of many honors and
trophies, she holds a unique position in the Federal service and in the field of aviation.
Miss Eleanor C. Pressly? for her pioneer work in the development of sounding rockets,
and her demonstrated organizational ability in scheduling and .coordinating launchings of
sounding rocket vehicle's in support of upper atmospheric research. Born in Charlotte,
North Carolina, Miss Pressly received her B.A. from Erskin College, Due West, S. C.,
and earned her M.A. in mathematics at Duke University. She began her Federal career in
1945 as a physicist with the Naval Research Laboratory, was soon reassigned to mathemati-
cian, and after several promotions became an Aeronautical Research Engineer (Aerodynamic
Theory) in 1956. In 1958 she transferred to NASA in the same type of position, and was
promoted in 1962 to her present position at Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt) Md.
Miss Pressly developed the Aerobee Jr. Sounding Rocket, co-developed the Aerobee-Hi 150,
and directed improvement of the Aerobee-Hi 150A, which were extensively used during the
International Geophysical Year. As Head of the Vehicles Section she manages the Goddard
Space Flight Center operations for sounding rockets. She initiates the procurement of the
ten different types of sounding rocket vehicles in current use, manages a budget of about
$3 million, and coordinates the sounding rocket program, under which there. were 70 launch-
ings in 1962 in many different parts of the world. She serves as consultant to scientists
on the type of sounding rocket vehicle to be used to support experiments, and works closely
with scientists from other Federal agencies, universities, and private industry, as well
as an increaslia number of scientists from foreign countries.
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The Federal Woman's,Award was established in 1960 and the first awards were given
in February 1961. It is the only award program created exclusively for the purpose of
honoring career women in the Federal Government.
In accouncing the winners for 1963 Mrs. Louchheim, who is Deputy Assistant Secretary
of State for Public Affairs, said: "The careers of these distinguished women represent
the highest quality of public service. Their success illustrates the broad scope of
opportunity that the Government service offers, and the ability of women to make the
most of their opportunities. We hope their example will serve as an inspiration for many
talented young women to choose careers in the Federal civil service."
Mrs.. Louchheim added that career prospects for women in the Federal Government
had been greatly increased during the past year by the equalization of employment op-
portunity for women and men in the civil service.
The judges who made the final selections for the 1963 Award from among the career
women nominated by Federal agency heads were: David Brinkley, news commentator, National
Broadcasting Company, who was chairman of the panel; Miss BettrFurness, actress and
television personality; DT. Katharine E. McBride, President of Bryn Mawr College; and
H. Ladd Plumley, Chairman of the Board, State Mutual Life Assurance Co. of America,
and President of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.
The winners receive the Award at a banquet in their honor on May 2 at the Statler
Hilton Hotel in Washington, D. C., which will be attended by the heads of their agencies,
the judges,_ the members of the Board of Trustees, and the public.
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DR. THELMA B. DUNN, authority on the
pathogenesis of cancer in the laboratory mouse,
is cited for her "distinguished career in ex-
perimental cancer research and particularly
her highly significant studies of the origins of
cancer in animals." Now Assistant Chief of the
Laboratory of Pathology, she joined the Na-
tional Cancer Institute in 1942 after several
years as a pathologist on the medical faculties
of the University of Virginia, her alma meter,
and George Washington University. In 1959
she was chosen "Medical Woman of the Year"
by the American Medical Women's Association.
ran NANCY GRACE ROMAN, native of Nashville
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Women Winners
Are Announced
By Mari
SIX GOVERNMENT ca-
reer women?five working
in Washington-,-have been
ohosen to receive the second
annual Federal Woman's
Award this year for "out-
standing contributions" to
Government in the fields of
astronomy, chemistry, for-
eign service, law pathology
and personnel administra-
tion.
Katie Louchheim, chair-
man of the Federal Woman's
Award board of trustees, aflr
flounced the winners yes-
terday and said their record
shows "what women can do
if given the opportunity."
The six, whose combined
Government service totals
118 years, were selected
from anion 65 career WOM-
en nominated for the award.
Citations and plaques will
be presented to them at a
banquet in their honor on
Feb. 27 at the Statler-Hilton
Hotel.
THE RECIPIENTS are:
Katherine W. Bracken, di-
rector of the Office of Cen-
tral American and Pana-
manian Affairs Bureau of
Inter-American Affairs, De-
Ipartment of State. She Is
;lie only woman to head a
:eographic bureau at the
:;tate Department.
Margaret H. Brass, chief,
General Litigation Section,
Antitrust Division, Depart-
ment of Justice; only
woman in charge of a sec-
tion in that division.
Dr. Thelma B. Dunn, head
of Cancer Induction and
Pathogenesis Section, Na-
tional Cancer Institute, Na-
tional Institutes of Health,
Department of Health, Edu-
cation and Welfare.
Evelyn Harrison, deputy
director, Bureau of Pro-
grams and Standards, U. S.
Civil Service Commission.
Dr. Allene R. Jeanes,
chemis t, Chemical Re-
actions and Structure In-
e Smith
is the wife of a practicing
physician, Dr. W. Leroy
Dunn. They have two sons,
one of whom' is a doctor,
and a daughter.
MOST IN THE NEWS at
the moment is Nancy Grace
Roman who has directed
the developnient of scien-
tific experiments to be flown
in, satellites, including the
Orbiting Solar Observatory
to be launched in a few
. months, and the Orbiting
Astronomical Observa tory
planned for 1968. She is one
of about a dozen women
astronomers in Government.
In announcing the win-
' ners, Mrs. Loucheim, who is
Deputy Assistant Secretary
of State for Public Affairs,
said, "The careers of these
distinguished women repre-
sent the highest quality of
public service. In accord-
ing them the recognition
they so richly deserve, we
are also recognizing the op-
portunities the Government
service offers for achieving
success in many different
fields of work, and the abil-
ity of women to make the
most of these opportunities.
THE WINNERS were se-
lected by a panel of five
judges Who worked inde-
pendently in choosing them
from the 65 nominees.
The judges, who are ex-
pected to attend the award
banquet, were LeRoy Ccil-
lins, president of the Na-
tional Association of Broad-
casters, chairman; Dr. Mary
Buntinig, president of Rad-
cliffe College; John Fischer,
editor of Harper's Magazine;
Carlisle Humelsine, presi-
dent of Colonial Williams-
burg; and Alicia Patterson,
editor-publisher of Newsday.
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-CATHERINE W. BRACKEN MARGARET H. BRASS
Department of State Department of Justice
DR. HELM,A B. DUNN MISS EVELYN HARRISON DR. ALLENE RJEA
Deportment of Health, Civil Service Commission Department of iirict
lircition and Welfare
Six Careerists Are Named
In Federal Woman's Award
By DAISY CLELAND
Star Staff Writer
Six Women in Government
were named winners of the
2d annual Federal Woman's
Award this morning.
Winners of the Govern--
ment-wide program to spot-
light top-caliber career
women in the Federal Serv-
ice were announced by Mrs.
Katie Louchheim, Deputy As-
sistant Secretary of State
and chairman of the board
of trustees of the Federal
Woman's Award.
The women selected repre-
sent high achievement in the
fields of astronomy, chemis-
try, foreign service, law,
pathology and personnel ad-
ministration. Their salaries
range from $13,000 to $17,000
a year.
The recipients are:
The Winners
Mrs. Katherine W. Bracken,
director, Office of Central
American and Panamanian
Affairs, Bureau of Inter-
American Affairs, State De-
partment.
Miss Margaret H. Brass,
chief, General Litigation Sec-
tion, Antitrust Division, Jus- A
tice Department.
Dr. Thelma B. Dunn, head
Cancer Induction and
Health, Education and Wel-
fare Department.
Miss Evelyn Harrison,
deputy director, Bureau of
Programs and Standards,
United States Civil Service
Commission.
Dr. Allene Jeanes, chemist,
Chemical Reactions and
tructure Investigations,
Cereal Properties Laboratory,
Northern Utilization Re-
search and Development Di-
vision, Agricultural Research
Service, Department of Agri-
culture.
Dr. Nancy Grace Roman,
chief of Astronomy and So-
lar Physics, Geophysics and
Astronomy Programs Of-
fice of Space Sciences, Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
All the recipients are in
'Washington with the excep-
tion of Dr. Jeanes, who is in
Peoria, Ill.
The group will receive the
awards at a banquet in their
honor, February 27, at the
Statler Hilton Hotel. Attend-
ing will be heads of their
leader hiproles are not usu-
ally held by women. She is
also tile third ranking woman
in the Foreign Service.
Mis Brass is cited for "her
deep cenication to the philos-
ophy free enterprise em-
bodiee in the antitrust laws,
and her singular contribu-
tions Le the development of
legal principles to carry out
those laws."
Another First
Thi, is another first for
women in that Miss Brass is
the only woman in charge of
a section in the Anti-truFft
Division. She has also actively
participated in the trials of
most of the nationally known
Feciei al anti-trust cases in
the pa si 20 years, many times
a.t: a (thief trial attorney.
Dr. Dunn receives her
awarii for a "distinguished
eareec in experimental cancer
resear.ch and particularly her
highL, significant studies of
the origins of cancer in
animols."
Sb is known as a -world
a atilt .city
on the pathology of
the laboratory mouse, the
animal most commonly used
as a tool for the study of
human cancer. Dr. Dunn is
married to a physician and
has three grown children,
one of whom is also a doctor.
In citing Miss Harrison,
the judges pointed out "her
outstanding competence dem-
onstrated by her role in the
formulation and develop-
ment of Government-wide
personnel policies." -
She has played a leader-
ship role in the formulation
of progressive personnel- leg-
islation and in the complete
overhaul, within its statutory
framework, of the personnel
system under which the Fed-
eral work force of over two
million persons is employed.
Dr. Jeanes wins her acco-
lade for "her pioneering
chemical research on the
starches and sugars obtained
from cereal grains."
She has made many con-
tributions to the fundamental
carbohydrate chemistry
through research on dex-
trans, including the practical
development of dextran as a
replacement for blood plasma
to fill the needs of the Armed
Services and civil defense.
The Youngest
Dr. Roman, the youngest
(just 36), is honored for "her
high ability and strong lead-
ership in developing a pro-
agencies, tile fivx judges who
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Six C-Girls Are Sina e Out for New Awar
MISS KINSELLA
By HELEN A. COLSON
The News Women's Editor
A PRISON warden, two physicists,
a foreign service officer and two
economists have been singled out
from 500,000 women in Federal Gov-
ernment to receive the first annual
Federal Woman's Award.
Civil Service Commissioner Barbara
Bates Gunderson, chairman of the board
of trustees of the Federal
Woman's Award, an-
nounced the winners to-
day.
They are Dr. Beatrice
Aitchison, Director of
Transportation Research of
the Post Office Depart-
ment; Miss Ruth Eliza-
beth Bacon, Charge d'Af-
fairs of the American Em-
bassy in New Zealand;
Miss Nina Kinsella, War-
den of the Federal Reformatory for
Women in West Virginia; Dr. Charlotte
Moore Sitterly, physicist at the National
Bureau of Standards; Mrs. Aryness Joy
Wickens, Economic Advisor to the Secre-
tary of Labor; and Dr. Rosalyn S. Yalow,
physicist at the Bronx Veterans Hospital,
New York.
A Wide Scope
TOGETHER the six have served the Fed-
eral Government for 126 years. The
wide scope of their jobs illustrates well
the achievements of women thruout the
public service.
Miss Kinsella works to rehabilitate 600
prison inmates.
Miss Bacon represents the United States
to the people of New Zealand.
DR.
Dr. Aitchison co-ordinates communica-
tions between 36,000 post offices.
YALOW
DR. SITTERIV
Dr. Sitterly studies the chemi 'at ele-
ments of the sun.
Dr. Yalow applies isotope ROI to.
medical problems.
And Mrs. Wickens develop,: ical
indexes of the economy.
A High Quality
JN announcing their selection Canirnis-
sioner Gunderson cited their "outstand-
ing contributions to the quality ard effi-
ciency of the career service of the I ederal
Government, their influence on major
Government programs, and theii prsonaI
qualities of dedication, integrity. jud nient
and leadership."
In interviews with five of the s x we
discovered that they also manage a great
deal more.
Dr. Yalow, at 39 the youngest w inner,
runs a house in New York, takes vaif, of a
husband and two young children and par-
ticipates in P-TA and other cornn unity
affairs.
"A woman has two possible roles.' Dr.
Yalow told us. "If you're lucky, ?ou're
able to combine them. I'm lucky"
A Cattle Ranch, Too
MRS. WICKENS supervises a hem,
Virginia and a cattle ranch in Sob
Dakota. She also looks after a
and two college-age sons.
"All I can do on the ranch is cook and
see that the closets are clean," she sa
DR. AITCHISON
MISS BACON
A Problem for Friends
DR. SITTERLY has never been sorry
either, all ho she does hale difficulty_
explaii,ing her work in atonic spectro-
scopy and astrophysics to Kne of her
friends
They are more likely to unOstand her
other specialties: music and gIrdening.
"My )ob does sound dead?v, but it's
really quite alive," the doctor tc!id.
And fortunately, her husb
who is
chairman of the Department of hysics at
American University, underit nds her
dinner table conversation.
Dr. Aitchison has been sorry that she
works- hut just at Christmasiame.
"That darn Christmas parcel post," she
said. "It gets us down. It's really awonder
more mail isn't lost."
But the doctor wouldn't dredin of de-
serting the ship. Public servied runs in
her family. 1Ier father was an 'interstate
Commerce Commissioner for a record
term of 35 years.
After a day of looking at figures you-
need a change of pace, she admits.
Her sAution: lessons In mambo and
samba al Fred Astaire's dancing classes
and choral work with the choir of the
Epiphany Church.
?
But on the job she has helped to dev 4inp
the Consumer Price Index, the Index or
Industrial Production and the Rent and
Price Indexior the OPA.
nave spent my life working,'"
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Wickens said. "And I have never been
sorry."
MRS. WICKENS
An Awards Banquet
MISS KINSELLA does some work wit
figures, too, but she tries to avo]
them.
"People, individual people in prison, cc
my commodity," she explained. "And
love it. My goodness, you couldn't be in
post .like this and get anywhere if yc
didn't enjoy it."
Miss Kinsella has been on 24-hour du
at the prison for 21 years.
"But how things have changed," sl
said proudly. "It's the difference betwet
punishment and treatment."
Miss Bacon deals with people, too-
the people of the Far East. In ;
years of service she has become the se
ond-highest ranking woman in the Foreig
Service.
She will fly from Wellington, New Ze
land, to Washington on Feb. 24 for
awards banquet at the Statler Hotel.
At that time the winners will meet II
panel of five judges who selected the
from a final list of 74 career women.
And they will be congratulated perso
ally by their top bosses, the Postmasb
General, the Secretaries of State, Justic
Commerce and Labor, and the head of ti
Veterans Administration.
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Deputy Chief of Ivtis-cri t?ev-
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was made Charge OA.110.140,
, 4giai Goveggent career
Wornean in fields as diverse as
diplomacy, astrophysics and
penology have been selected
as recipients of the neWlred- after Ambassador Francis.
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With one exception,- tin 'post as envoy to Gh;.na.
have served in !Washirikton Earlier Miss Bacon became
and three hold positicitia-here recognized as an authority
now.
Chosen for their "out- ' on Far Eastern affE its and
standing contributions to the ' as a specialist on tla( _United
quality of efficiency Of the Nations, as well as other in-
career service of the Federal ternational organizational. In
Government, for their influ- 1246 she became ach isealor
ence on major Government the Department's F r Rasta
progiams, and for peratia41 irri Bureau on Urn ed Na-
qualities of dedication,4r.: tions matters.
ritY, judgment and Is er- She is an alumna of Rad-
ship," they were announted, in oliffe College where al-14,re-
alphabetical order, as follows:
Dr. Beatrice Aitchison, di-
rector of transportatiOn re-
search, Bureau of Transpor-
tation, Post Office Depalt-
ment,
Miss Ruth Elizabeth Becon,
Charge d'Affaires, American
Embassy in Wellington, Reiy
-Zealand, Department alit
Miss Nina Kinsella,'
den, Federal ReformatoritIor
Women, Alderson, W. Va..
Department of Justice.
Dr. Charlotte Moor* 'Mt-
terly, physicist, National &a-
real' of Standards, Depart-
ment of Commerce.
Mrs. Aryness Joy Wickens,
economic advisor to the Sec-
retary; Department of Labor.
Dr. Rosalyn S. Yalow, prin-
cipal scientist, Radioisotope
Service, Bronx Veterans Ad-
ministration Hospital, New
York.
Banquet Planned
The award?first of its
kind established exelnsively
to, honor career women cho-
sen from the entire Federal
! Government?will be pres-
ented at a banquet Friday,
February 24, at the Statler
Hilton Hotel. Civil Seri/Ice
Commissioner Barbara Bates
Gunderson is chairman of
the Board of Trustees for
the award which initiated' a
search for candidate* last
October.
As Charge d'Affaires at our
Embassy in New Zealand,
Miss Baton is one of only
two American women te head
diplomatic missions abroad.
She is out-ranked, distaff-_
wise in the Foreign service
only by Miss Frances Willis.
United States Ambassadof to
Norway.
Starting her career with
the State Department in
19, she held many reaPOIT
siblyI ?
service over a 17-
posts in the depart-
me c
yea' Puled. before entering
i? the Foreign Service in 195.
ceived her BA. and P li.Da de-
grees in governmen L, w1th
'ineor in international taw.
e is being cited sPetifi-
cal y for "outstandina contri-
tadjons to the lamination
.1144 maintenance of United
gfaates foreign policy in :the
field of Far Eastern Afiaits."
L?k
,11/liss Bacon will be relarea'
nted at the dinnar be
13,,y her sister, Miss :)ortlay
Itecon, a professor of uen-
nOlnics at Smith College.
Warden Name -I
Miss Kinsella, v,ra den !att
the Federal Reforma cry
Women at Alderson *so
1949, heads the only instItteri:
tion operated by the Feed
Government for the confine-
, ment of women cony cued of
criminal offenses.
She is being hone ed for
"her leadership and influ-
ence in raising stancards of
-
cprrectional treatme it and
if e r accompiishme3Lta in
i i
equppng persons 10 lead
-
useful and productive lives."
A Washington resicent for
almost 20 years. Mi: -s
SIn-
sella came here from tier ,na-
.AVe Massachusetts in 1930 to
serve as executive La3sistant
to the first Director of the
aBureau of Prisons. i'rirre to
that time she had waited
with the Department of Cor-
rections in Massachusetts as
head of administrative af-
She entered the eoerecti 21-
al field by chance.
taking a Civil Serviee
ination, she was offer
choice of three lobs
cepted one dealing u ith
Institutions.
Miss Kinsella a I. a d
In her present -post she
Meets many represent 14-1.
tivelpf %reign aountries whO.-
aSk to visit Alderson for
first-hand obaervation of
organization and correctid
programs.
Dr. Sitterly, who is batflk'.
cited for "outstanding sciena
tific achievement in the
fields of atomic spectrosc
and aatrophysics" joined
ataff of the National Bur
Of. -Standards in 1945.
Ilcr work in its spectr
laboratory has inclu
ysis of atomic spec
c pilation of data on at
ic -energy levels, interpre
tions of the solar specti
and the discovery of the
ment technetium in the s
Dr. Sitterly is a gradu
of Swarthmore College a
received her Ph.D. degr
from the University of Cali-
fornia. She did research
work at the Princeton Uni-
versity Observatory for sev-
eral years before coining
.here.
She is ari associate of the
Royal Astronomical Society
of Great Britain ? first
woman to receive this dis-
tinction which is awarded by
the society to distinguished
13?
B-7
las. Wickens, who has
,pt her finger on the Na-
econoinic,pul?e through
a Variety of statistical jobs
in Federal service stnce 190,
was made economiq adviser
to the Secretaryir Laoi
in ig&-B.
er reputation for "*e1C-.
_
pressing complicated eco-...
-
da?rnemberahin
ral other professi
itareganizations including
,adanerican Astronomical
MeV.
Lives Here
Dr. Aitchison Is b
'cited for "outstanding le
ership in research and ti
in in the field of mod
r ans ports tion econo
and traffic management
A former university tea
er, she began her Gove
ment career in the Interst
Commei ce Commission;
director of the Transp
Economics Division, Offitil
Tranaportation, Comme
Department, from 1951 to
1953; ard was appointed di.
rector of transportation
search in the Post Office boa'
partment in 1953.
She has lectured regaia
e annual Air Institt
he Institute of Ind
? Transportation a
f i e Management dt
,e2can University. Ste
as served as a lectui
itr Ahe Advanced Traf
Management Courses at the
7-4 Army Transportation
School at Fort. Eustia, Va.
that everyo
has been aL or in
ccess but only
her story.
ikea__ award is begag, given
far .outstanding Amami*:
,,administrativeL
11114thig, organizirir and
dj-
recting wholly new . ,enor-
111oUs statistical pr 415.7_
She contends that you
Milt have to be rinfeli ora
mathematician in the statis-
tical field. "Statiatics are
tiating to be afraid of as
-101%-a$ you know what ques-
tionaxou want to anayer, and
if yo 'know arithmetic," she
id.
raa Wickens, who started
her Government career with
the Federal Reserae Board,
itained the DepartMent of
_bprla Bureau Of Labor
taristica in 1938.
_Yrs= assistant to the Corn-
rniasianer, she was promoted
tars later to Chief Of
the ivision of Prices and
Cost a: Living. During World
War II, she became well
knoWn as the person in
charge of the price and cost
of hiring surveys of the pis.
Between 1945 and 1958 she
uccessively ,; Assistant
ssioner for Program
ions, DeputY Commis-
of Labor Statistics
puty Assistalit Secre-
f Labor fcaLEmploy-
nd Manpo
oungest Wiper
1`. 'Yalo va, radiological
iftiteltelst, was selected for
"011-4J anding pbafessional
ments in ate field of
1 research employing
otopes."
tive New Yorker, she
orked at the Bronx
S Administration Hos-
nee 1947 where she is
associate chief of the
isotope service;
ng the past:year she
n associated With Dr.
n A. Berson in a study.
IM which has opened
eas of research on dia-
ad
Boston University !rid is
graduate of St. Ma! v's Edu-
cational Institme,
Mass.
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y also pioneered the ---
Afton of lAilipireived For
_Moues to. the study of
thvoid 'function and blood
volume in man, and have
made contributions on the
metabolism of serum pro-
teins and the effects of ir-
radiation on proteins and
amino acids.
A Hunter College gradu-
ate, Dr. Yalow received her
MS. and Ph.D. degrees in
physics from the University
of Illinois. She and her fru-
band, Dr. A. Aaron Yalow, a
radio physicist, have two
children,
At 39, she is the youngest
of the six award recipients.
The six winners were se-
lected by five judges from a
list of 74 nominees submit-
ted by Federal agency heads,
members of the Board of
Trustees for the Award, and
the public.
The panel of judges con-,
sisted of Edwin D. Canham,
editor of the Christian Sci-
ence Monitor, chairman; Miss
Frances Perkins, former Sec-
retary of Labor and one-time-
Civil Service Commissioner:
George Rommey, president of
American Motors Corp:; Bruce
Gould, editor - publisher of
the Ladies Home Journal,
and David Brinkley, National
Broadcasting Co. news com-
mentator.
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DR. BEATRICE AITCP- ISON MISS RUTH E. BACON MISS NINA KINSELLA
transportation speiialiSt diplomat . warden
DR. C. MOORE SITTElLY MRS. A. JOY WICKENS DR. 1icx5,AL.r.t.s.
... astrophysicist ... economist radiological physicist
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BOARD OF
TRUSTEES
ChtUMUM:
Mr.. Katie 1.occhheitn
Ita,it on Women's Activities
Department of Stan.
VireChaimum:
lion. Robert E. Hampton
Commissioner
C1,41 Service Commission
MEMBERS:
Thai B,rttia Aakins
Ii o( ,d the School
FotcroIg School
,444ddictutg, P?irainin
Relmorul T Bowman
Asnitani Director for
Sturistual Standards
Burear of ,he Budges
A Iffe l Friendly
Martogsng Ltritor
The Washtigton Post
and Times Herald
Kittltryr. E. Cranahan
tiepreggniiiiivea
hare Batea Gunderson
36'25 JhiLi Street
Ctc., South Dalwta
Roirert W. Hartley
Vice President
The Brookings Itutitution.
4,,,%_ Maurice B. Neuberger
United Stain Senate
Mica Miriam Ottenberg
The Evening Star
ilco. Ralph S. Roberts
.f.,eituty Assistant Secretary
for Management
Deparunens of Slats
Hun. Rocco C Sicilian?
1;.inson. Cragun sod Barker
Address:
Federal Woman's Award
Care of
=. Civil Service Conunisaion
rit, and F Streets, Northwest
Washington 25, D. C
MTH THE
mmounomor
'oodwarei & Lathrop
WASHINCTOM. D. C..
areted:Litease 211/01111.11A114-0(N3ROcii
News Release
Advance for afternoon papers
Friday, October 27, 1961
For further information, call
DUdley 6-3311
The second annual Government-wide program to spotlight top-
caliber career women in the Federal service was announced today
by Mrs. Katie Louchheim, Consultant on Women's Activities, Depart-
ment of State.
Under the program administered by the Federal Woman's Award
Board of Trusteas, of which Mrs. Louchheim is chairman, six out-
standing career women will be honored at a public ceremony in
Washington next February. Federal agencies are being notified to
submit nominations for the award to the Board of Trustees by
December 1.
The Federal Woman's Award has three major purposes, Mrs.
Louchheim explained. They are (1) to give well-deserved public
recognition to the Award winners and new incentive to others,
(2) to high-light the important work that women are doing in exec-
utive, professional, scientific, and technical positions, and
(3) to encourage competition for Federal employment by talented
and ambitious young women who might not otherwise know of the fine
career opportunities offered by the Federal civil service through-
out the United States and abroad.
"The achievements of women in Government are well known in
Government circles," Mrs. Louchheim said. "They have made possible
many of the advances in modern America's national defense, social
welfare, and economic progress. But the achievements of women
have not had the public recognition they deserve."
Mrs. Louchheim pointed out that men outnumber women in Fed-
eral positions by three to one, and that in high-level jobs the
proportion Of men is considerably greater. "It naturally follows,"
she said, "that men receive most of the other awards that have been
established for recognition of outstanding Government service, even
though an impressive number of women rank as leaders in their
chosen career fields. It is for this reason that the Federal
Woman's Award is so important."
Each Government department and agency is being invited to
nominate not more than three women for the award. To be eligible
for nomination, a woman must have had not less than three years of
continuous, full-time service in a position in the Federal com-
petitive or excepted service, and must have reached gredeGS-9,
its equivalent, or higher. She must also have demonstrated out-
standing ability and achievement in an executive, professional,
scientific, or technical position.
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The Award program was established in October 1960 under the direction of
Mrs. Barbara Bates Gunderson, who was then a Civil Service Commissioner. Depart-
ment and agency heads responded eagerly to the opportunity to honor their out-
standing women employees, Mrs. Louchheim said, adding: "We hope and expect that
the second year program will be even more successful than the first."
In addition to Mrs. Louchheim as chairman, the Board of Trustees is com-
posed of Civil Service Commissioner Robert E. Hampton, who is vice chairman, and
the following members: Miss Bertha S. Adkins, Head of Foxcroft School; Raymond
T. Bowman, Assistant Director for Statistical Standards, Bureau of the Budget;
Alfred Friendly, Managing Editor, The Washington Post; Representative Kathryn E.
Granahan; Mrs. Barbara Bates Gunderson, former Civil Service Commissioner; Robert
W. Hartley, Vice President, The Brookings Institution; Senator Maurine B. Neu-
berger; Miss Miriam Ottenberg, Pulitzer Prize reporter, the Evening Star; Ralph
S. Roberts, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management, Department of State; and
Rocco C. Sicilian?, attorney and former Presidential adviser on personnel man-
agement.
Each of the Award winners will receive a framed citation and a gold medal,
presented by Woodward and Lothrop, Inc., of Washington, D. C.
The six women who received the first Award, in February 1961, represented
high achievement in the fields of astrophysics, economics, foreign policy, med-
ical research, penology, and transportation. They were:
Dr. Beatrice Aitchison, Director of Transportation Research, Post Office
Department. She originated, organized, and directs research and training pro-
grams in transportation economics and traffic management which have modernized
the movement of mail and saved millions of dollars.
Miss Ruth Elizabeth Bacon, Charge'd' Affaires, American Embassy, Wellington,
New Zealand, Department of State. An authority in Far Eastern Affairs, she has
made invaluable contributions to the formulation and the successful maintenance
of United States foreign policy.
Miss Nina Kinsella, Warden, Federal Reformatory for Women, Alderson, W. Va.,
Department of Justice. As director of the only Federal penal institution for
women, she has set high standards of correctional treatment and rehabilitation,
preparing the women to lead law-abiding and useful lives. (Miss Kinsella
retired on June 30, 1961, after 30 years in the Federal Prison Service.)
Dr. Charlotte Moore Sitterly, Physicist, National Bureau of Standards,
Department of Commerce. In the fields of atomic spectroscopy and astrophysics
her reputation is world-wide and her achievements are the basis of our knowledge
of the solar radiations in the ultra-violet regions.
Mrs. Aryness Joy Wickens, Economic Advisor to the Secretary, Department of
Labor. She has been outstanding in developing and applying advanced techniques
of gathering and analyzing economic and social statistics to provide impartial
and reliable data needed by Government and the public.
Dr. Rosalyn S. Yalow, Principal Scientist of the Radioisotope Service,
Bronx Veterans Administration Hospital, New York. She has developed an inter-
national reputation for outstanding scientific ability and leadership in re-
search and training in the medical uses of radioisotopes.
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