Overview
Scholarship type
Merit and need based
Number of scholarships to award
One
Grant
$2,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
Betty Lou Bailey was born and raised in Chicago, IL. She graduated with University Honors from the University of Illinois in 1950 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and from the Penn State Graduate Center in King of Prussia with a M. Eng. in Engineering Science in 1967. At the University of Illinois, she graduated in the top three percent of her class of 700 and was the only female in the class. Betty Lou also was an active environmentalist, traveler, avid canoeist, cyclist, and hiker.
Betty Lou worked for the General Electric Company (GE) throughout her professional career. She joined GE on a rotating-assignment program for new engineers that took her to Schenectady, NY as well as Erie and Philadelphia, PA. Though Betty Lou originally planned to focus her engineering talents on household appliances, her experience as a test engineer led her to realize that she liked turbines more than refrigerators. After completing the new-engineer program, she went to the GE Large Jet Engine Department in Evandale, Ohio and then to the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in Schenectady before transferring to the Spacecraft Department in King of Prussia in 1961, where she worked on the Nimbus weather satellite and the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
The scholarship is worth $2,000.
Eligibility
- SWE members and US citizens in any major and in their undergraduate and graduate studies are eligible to apply.
- Preference will be given to applicants having a home address or attending at universities or colleges within the legacy Region F boundaries.
- Selection also based on financial need.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United States
Nationality
American
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified