Consuelo Milner

Consuelo "Connie" Stokes Milner (May 30, 1927 – September 4, 2020) [1] was an American engineer, cryptographer, and educator.[2]

Early life

Milner originally worked in dress design prior to going into engineering.[3] She was a member of Phi Delta Kappa, education honor society.[4]

Scientific career

Milner worked as an electrical engineer at the Brooklyn Navy Yard at the GS-12 level.[5] She received this promotion after 10 years of service.[6] Milner was the first woman to hold that high of a position ever.[5] Her work was considered to be classified.[5] Milner's work also included Cryptography for the Naval Applied Science Lab.[2]

Patent

Milner held a US patent to Thermally stabilized crystal units.[7] This was a method for producing electricity.[8]

Later career

Milner later became a mathematics teacher.[9]

References
  1. "Visit Consuelo "Connie" Stokes Milner's Memorial Website". everloved.com.
  2. "Cyberculture & Girls". The New Yorker. June 27, 1964.
  3. "Ebony". Johnson Publishing Company. April 1963.
  4. National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa October 2020
  5. Company, Johnson Publishing (April 9, 1963). "Ebony". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  6. "Untold Stories: Setting the Record Straight on Tech's Racial History | IEEE Computer Society".
  7. "Thermally stabilized crystal units".
  8. Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office. The Office. 1965.
  9. Fosburgh, Lacey (September 3, 1970). "Computer Show Fascinating to and by the Numbers". The New York Times.
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