Barbara Crawford Johnson

Barbara Crawford Johnson is an American aeronautical engineer.^[1]

Education

In 1946, Barbara Crawford Johnson became the first woman to earn a Bachelor's degree in general engineering from the University of Illinois.^[2]

Projects

• The recovery of hypersonic gliders
• Lunar reentry vehicle research
• Orbital rendezvous
• The Navaho missile
• The Hound Dog air-to-ground missile
• The Apollo Lunar Landing Program
• Lunar Landing
• Skylab
• Apollo-Soyuz
• Space Shuttle (responsible for Shuttle system and Orbiter Project mission related analysis).

Awards

• 1975: The Distinguished Alumni Merit Award, University of Illinois College of Engineering^[2]
• 1976: Dirk Brouwer Award, Americal Astronautical Society^[3]

References

1. "SWE Women - Barbara Crawford Johnson". The Society of Women Engineers. 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
2. "Barbara Crawford Johnson". Engineering at Illinois. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
3. "Dirk Brouwer Award | American Astronautical Society". Astronautical.org. 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2012-10-17.