Mary Engle Pennington
American chemist
Mary Engle Pennington was an American bacteriological chemist, food scientist and refrigeration engineer. She was a pioneer in the preservation, handling, storage and transportation of perishable foods and the first female lab chief at the U.S.... Wikipedia
Born: October 8, 1872, Nashville, TN
Died: December 27, 1952 (age 80 years), New York
Education: University of Pennsylvania (1895) and Yale University