Participant Info

Membership Number
1274
Salutation
Mrs
First Name
Mary Shirley Johnson
Middle/Maiden/Previous
Last Name
Nicholson
Address 1
6806 Haverhill Drive
Address 2
City
Knoxville
Zip Code
37909
Phone
865-588-6976
Work Code #
6
Date of Birth
07/31/1921
Date of Death
11/28/2021
Deceased At Join?
Comments
Although she had considered teaching, she was recruited as a Curtiss Wright Cadette, part of the WWII effort. Early the next year, she started an intensive 10-month aeronautical engineering training program at Penn State University. She then worked for Curtiss-Wright for the next four years, first in Buffalo, NY and then in Columbus Ohio, on drawings, reviewing calculations, and other tasks. Following a short stint with Freyn Engineering in Chicago, she moved to Oak Ridge in June of 1948 to work for Fairchild Aircraft, primarily on the Nuclear Energy for Propulsion of Aircraft project.
Name/Location of Company Worked
Curtiss Wright
Dates of Work
Type of Work
Rosie Name if Rb or Rv
Is/Was Rosie a member of ARRA?
Contact Name (Deceased Rosie Contact)
Contact Email Address
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