Carol Gardipe
Carol Gardipe (also known as Carol Metcalf Gardipe;[1] born 1929; Penobscot/Passamaquoddy)[2] is an award-winning geologist, whose career has included positions with the United States Geological Survey,[1] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,[1] and roles in higher education as a professor and administrator.[2]
Gardipe attended the University of Wyoming, Laramie, and Colby College, Maine, where received a BA in geology and taught.[2] She worked in Washington DC, and on field mapping teams in the southwest for the USGS.[2] Gardipe attended graduate school at the University of New Mexico studying geography and natural resources.[2] While there, she directed the Native American Program at the College of Engineering (NAPCOE) for two years,[3][4] the first program in the country for American Indian Engineers, and worked with the National Research Council Committee on Minorities in Engineering.[2] In 1977, she was one of the seven founders of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) along with Arnold Anderson, Al Qëyawayma, George Thomas, Jerry Elliot, and Jim Shorty.[1][5]
Awards and recognition
Gardipe is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.[6] In 2004, she received the Ely S. Parker Award, the highest honor of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d Gibson, Daniel (November–December 2002). "Native Scientists Taking Off". Native Peoples Magazine. 16 (1): 27. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ a b c d e f Wakim, Yvonne (2016). Native American Almanac: More Than 50,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous Peoples. UAA/UAP Consortium Library: Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9781578595075.
- ^ "UNM Aims at Schooling Indian-Nations Engineers". Hobbs Daily News-Sun. Hobbs, New Mexico. 26 December 1974. p. 20. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Native Americans Benefit from Special Math Courses". Engineering Education News. 3 (9). American Society for Engineering Education: 5. March 1977. JSTOR 43885813.
- ^ "Our History". AISES. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "GSA Fellowship. All Active and Current GSA Fellows". Geological Society of America. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Gibson, Daniel (March–April 2004). "Flying High with AISES". Native Peoples Magazine. 17 (3): 15.
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