"Elizabeth ""Elsie"" Muriel Gregory" MacGill

Born: 1905

Died: 1980

Country of Birth: Canada

Nationality: Canada

Ethnicity: White

University of Toronto BS Electrical engineering 1927; University of Michigan MS Aeronautical Engineering 1929; MIT Post Graduate studies 1932-1934

Field of Study: Aeronautical Engineering; Aircraft Design

Institution/Corporation: Canadian Car & Foundry (CC&F); Fairchild Aircraft LTD

Degrees & Memberships: unknown

Awards: 1953, Engineering Award, SWE; 1971, Order of Canada (OC); 1941, Gzowski Medal, EIC;1967, Centennial Medal, Canadian Government; 1975, Amelia Earhart Medal, The Ninety-Niners; 1979, Gold Medal, Ontario Association of Professional Engineers; 1983, Canada s Aviation Hall of Fame; 1992, Canadian Science & Engineering Hall of Fame; 2019, image on Canadian Postage Stamp; 1973, Julian Smith Medal, EIC; 1977, Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal; 1980, University of Toronto s Engineering Hall of Distinction; 1984, creation of the Elsie Gregory MacGill Memorial Foundation; 2012, Women in Aviation International s Pioneer Hall of Fame

Achievements: 1st Canadian female to earn a BS in Electrical Engineering; 1st female in the world to receive a degree in aeronautical engineering; known as The Queen of Hurricanes