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First female faculty

First female faculty

February 6, 2023

Dr. Pike (left) and Billie Richardson conducting research in an engineering lab, 1951.

Professor Frances M. “Billie” Richardson was the first woman faculty member hired in the School of Engineering in 1951 and was elected the first president of the Society of Women Engineers, North Carolina Section, in 1979. Also pictured is Dr. Frederick P. Pike, professor of chemical engineering. (Photo: 1951)