Edith M. Flanigen

Edith M. Flanigen

Edith Marie Flanigen (born January 28 1929, Buffalo, New York) is an American chemist, known for her work on synthesis of emeralds, and later zeolites for molecular sieves at Union Carbide. She was the first female recipient of the Perkin Medal in 1992.

Flanigen received a B.A. from D'Youville College and an M.S. in inorganic physical chemistry from Syracuse University in 1952.

References

* http://chemheritage.org/women_chemistry/style/flanigen.html
* http://invent.org/hall_of_fame/216.html
* http://web.mit.edu/invent/a-winners/a-flanigen.html


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