Sheila Marie Evans Widnall (born July 13, 1938) is an American aerospace researcher and Institute Professor Emerita at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

Widnall is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Sheila Widnall (born 1938), American aerospace researcher and Institute Professor at the...

Fighters Sheila Widnall William Cohen 16 Ryan, MichaelGeneral Michael E. Ryan (born 1941) 6 October 1997 5 September 2001 3 years, 334 days Fighters Sheila Widnall...

the 23rd Secretary of the Air Force. She is the second woman, after Sheila Widnall, to ever hold this position. James was confirmed as 23rd Secretary of...

allowed to resign from the Air Force by Secretary of the Air Force Sheila Widnall with a general discharge instead of facing a court-martial. She later...

satisfied with the handling of the case." Secretary of the Air Force Sheila Widnall added, "The Black Hawk helicopters were downed as a result of a tragic...

permitting women to serve in almost any aviation capacity. Also in 1993, Sheila Widnall became the first female Secretary of the Air Force. Although this is...

of the Air Force from 1979 to 1981. Alumna and Institute Professor Sheila Widnall served as Secretary of the Air Force between 1993 and 1997, making her...

(1993–2001) Merrill A. McPeak Acting July 14, 1993 August 5, 1993 22 days Sheila Widnall August 6, 1993 October 31, 1997 4 years, 86 days F. Whitten Peters November...

interference and splicing; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1993) Sheila Widnall Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering 1998 Secretary of the Air...

Defense in 1949. No woman had ever served while it was a cabinet post. Sheila Widnall became the first woman to serve as Secretary of the Air Force in 1993...

Widmer (1916–2011) – lead designer on the B-36, B-58, F-111, and F-16 Sheila Widnall (born 1938) – fluid mechanics researcher Stanisław Wigura (1901–1932)...

Hunters (MHC), and Coastal Patrol Boats (PC) were open to women. July: Sheila Widnall became the first woman to be chosen as Secretary of the Air Force. The...

President George H. W. Bush, Governor of New Hampshire, host of Crossfire Sheila Widnall B.S., M.S., DSc – Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering 1961 1961 1964...

State (#1), and United States Attorney General (#4), respectively. Sheila Widnall becomes head and Secretary of the Air Force, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg...

President George H. W. Bush Preceded by Edward C. Aldridge Jr. Succeeded by Sheila Widnall Personal details Born Donald Blessing Rice (1939-06-04) June 4, 1939...

Watson Jr., former White House Chief of Staff (1980–1981) (Democratic) Sheila Widnall, former U.S. Secretary of the Air Force (1993–1997) (Democratic) U.S...

1970s, female faculty members at MIT, including Mildred Dresselhaus and Sheila Widnall, began to actively promote the cause of women's engineering education...

that office on November 13, 1997. After Secretary of the Air Force Sheila Widnall resigned, Peters served as acting Secretary of the Air Force for 19...

1995 William J. Clinton Sheila Widnall Darleen A. Druyun (Acting) April 17, 1995 January 26, 1996 William J. Clinton Sheila Widnall 8 Arthur L. Money January...

Roger E. Tetrault, Retired Chairman, McDermott International Dr. Sheila E. Widnall, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems...

Joseph J. Went, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps (1988–1990) Sheila Widnall, U.S. Secretary of the Air Force (1993–1997) Kayla Williams, former...

serve as Attorney General; she served under President Bill Clinton. Sheila Widnall became the first woman ever to serve as leader of a branch of the United...

1989. In the 1993, Janet Reno as United States Attorney General and Sheila Widnall as United States Secretary of the Air Force were the first women appointed...

Donald Rice Rodney A. Coleman April 14, 1994 April 30, 1998 Bill Clinton Sheila Widnall Ruby B. DeMesme August 4, 1998 January 19, 2001 Bill Clinton F. Whitten...

Under Secretary for Technology, US Commerce Department (1999–2001) Dr. Sheila Widnall (born 1938), American aerospace researcher and Institute Professor at...

Brennan - 2015 (Reorganized department) Secretary of the Air Force - Sheila Widnall - 1993 (Merged department) Secretary of the Navy - Susan Livingstone...

Donald Rice Robert F. Hale 30 March 1994 20 January 2001 Bill Clinton Sheila Widnall; F. Whitten Peters Michael Montelongo 6 August 2001 24 March 2005 George...

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Force during his tenure. He also served Secretaries of the Air Force, Sheila Widnall and F. Whitten Peters. Benken's many initiatives included the development...