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Evelyn "Evvy" Ruth Fowler
Personal Information
Born: 1921
Died: 2022
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
Art School of Pratt Institute 1942; Stevens Institute mechanical drawing classes; Pratt Institute Chemical Engineering degree
""originally, our (Society of Women Engineers) aim was just so that women would be treated properly and could be given the same opportunity as men, as engineers, be permitted to become engineers and be given the same types of things." (ethw.org); "
— Evelyn "Evvy" Ruth Fowler
Professional Life
Field of Study: Chemical Engineering
Institution/Corporation: Pratt Institute
Degrees & Memberships: Member: Society of Women Engineers (1949); League of Women Voters; Temple Sinai; was on the Board of Directors of the Jewish Historical Society of Fairfield County, the Brandeis Organization & Learning in Retirement
Awards & Achievements
Awards: None found
Achievements: was part of the small group of women who founded the Society of Women Engineers (charter member of the New York Section in 1949); early 1950s she & her husband Alexander founded the American Actuator Corporation where they developed industrial safety equipment & electrical control systems to automate the process for bending sheet metal
volunteered for Meals on Wheels, the Tandet Center, the Smith House, and various chamber music groups
became a vegetarian in the 1970s
brought the New York Times crosswords to a new art form with her multicolored puzzles
was turned down for admission to Columbia University because she was a female & from Brooklyn Polytech (now Polytechnic University) because they had no bathrooms for females so she returned to Pratt for her chemical engineering degree
designed the original logo for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
hobbies included painting, swimming & yoga