Nancy Burr Deloye Fitzroy

Born: 1927

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: White

Rensselear Polytechnic Institute (RPI) BA Chemical Engineering BA 1949

Field of Study: Engineer for Heat Transfer

Institution/Corporation: General Electric

Degrees & Memberships: Honorary Degrees: RPI, NJ Institute of Technology; Membership: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (President 1986-87), Honorary Fellow Institute of Mechanical Engineers (1987), National Academy of Engineering (1996), Honorary Fellow Britain s Institution of Mechanical Engineers (1988)

Awards: 1972, Achievement Award, Society of Women Engineers; 1975, Demers Medal, RPI; 2014, Davies Medal, RPI;1980, Centennial Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; 1984, Federation of Professional Women Award; 1999, RPI Hall of Fame; 2008, Honorary Membership Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Achievements: 1 of the 1st female helicopter pilots (1964); engineer specifically in heat transfer & fluid dynamics; 1st female to study chemical engineering at RPI; at General Electric worked on: Hermes Missile Program, designed heat transfer surfaces for nuclear reactor cores, worked on gas turbines & space satellites;editor of GE heat transfer & fluid flow data books available to engineers by subscription beginning 1970; 1st female president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1986-87); 1st female to head a major national engineering society