Eaves, Elsie (1898–1983)
Eaves, Elsie (1898–1983)
American civil engineer. Born May 5, 1898, in Idaho Springs, Colorado; died Mar 27, 1983, in Port Washington, Long Island, NY.
Worked for US Bureau of Public Roads, Colorado State Highway Department, and Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; was the 1st woman admitted to full membership in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); became manager of Business News (1945); worked as adviser to National Commission on Urban Affairs; advised International Executive Service Corps about construction costs in Iran; was the 1st woman admitted to American Society of Cost Engineers (1957) and the 1st to be awarded honorary lifetime membership in ASCE (1979); was charter member of Society of Women Engineers.
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