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Katharine Burr
Blodgett Elementary School
June 14 2010
Elementary
school holding special celebration
to honor Katharine Burr Blodgett
June 13 was designated Katharine Blodgett Day by Mayor in
1951
Blodgett
Elementary School in Schenectady will hold a special celebration
today beginning at 10 a.m. in honor of Katharine Burr Blodgett
who in 1920 was the first female research scientist to work at
the General Electric laboratory in Schenectady. While at G.E.,
Blodgett worked on special coatings that could make glass less
distorted and non-reflective such as that in camera lenses,
automobile windows, eyeglasses, telescopes, etc. She received
eight patents for her inventions, two of which were
co-inventions. She was also the first woman to earn a
doctoral degree in physics from Cambridge University.
Superintendent
Eric Ely, Mayor Brian Stratton, Dr. Rebecca Cortez from Union
College and Dr. Katharine Blodgett Gebbie, the niece of
Katharine Burr Blodgett and members of the Board of Education
are scheduled to speak today.
Representatives
from General Electric, Union College and the Schenectady Museum
will also do presentations.
Blodgett was born
on January 10, 1898 in Schenectady. In 1951, Schenectady Mayor
Mordecai Myers designated June 13 as Katharine Blodgett Day
in honor of her many professional achievements and civic
contributions.
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