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SHIRLEY E. SCHWARTZ
SHIRLEY E. SCHWARTZ
Pages 329-334
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TAYLOR S HIRLEY ELLEN SCHWARTZ, widely recognized for her work on lubrication engineering at BASF and General Motors, died May 8, 2016, at the age of 81. She was born August 26, 1935, in Detroit to Jessie Grace Galbraith Eckwall and Emil Victor Eckwall (both her parents were known by their middle names, Grace and Victor)
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She published her work on the "Adhesion of Barium Sulfate to Colon Tissue." After her postdoctoral study Shirley taught biology and chemistry part-time at Oakland Community College and later full-time at Detroit Institute of Technology (DIT) , where in 1976–78 she was head of the Math-Science Division.
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At Wayne State University she received the Tompkins Award in Creative Writing. General Motors recognized her with its Kettering Award, the company's top honor for technical innovations, "for a computer-based method that assesses engine oil degradation as a function of oil temperature and displays the remaining life of the oil for the vehicle" (1988)
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She was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 1996, and in 1999 she was elected an SAE fellow and received a Life Achievement Award from the Society of Women Engineers. She was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2000 and, earlier that year, received the Women of Wayne Headliners Award from Wayne State University.
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