CAREER WOMEN MAKE THEIR MARK IN U.S. GOVERNMENT

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• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: March 1, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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No. F-65-66
March 195
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GARNER WOMEN MAKE THEIR MARK IN U. S. GOVERNMENT
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This article highlights the achievements that brought Feder=~,1
Woman's Awards to six U. S. civil service employees. Their
contributions were in the fields of archives management, inter-
national relations, intelligence research, international economics,
mathematical sciences and medical research.
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CAREERS WOMEN MAKE TI~EIR MARK IN U . S . GOVERNMENT
Six of the most brilliant and effective U. S. Government career
women, with specialities ranging from cryptology to cancer research, are
winners of the fifth annual (1865) Federal Woman's Award. ,
Seventy candidates were nominated by heads of Federal, departments
acid agencies for this top honor, the on7.y Government-wide award program ~'
created;~erclusively Ito recognize women's achievements. Winners were selected
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by afive=member panel of men and women outside Government service.
'' Outstanding contributions to the qual~.ty and efficiency of Federal
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career service, influence on mayor Government programs, and personal qualities
of leadership; judgment, integrity and dedication are the criteria for~the
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"As opportunities open up for women in more and more professional
occupations, the achievements of each year's winners are becoming increasingly
impressive as proof that women can excel in any field of endeavor," says
Mrs. Katie Louchheim, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Community
Advisory Services and chairman of the awards board.
"We are proud that the Federal Gavernment has led the way in pro-
viding opportunity for women to show what they can do, particularly in the
higher l~vels of the career service. With stria: adherence in the future to
President Johnson's policy of absolute- equality of opportunity, more said
more talented young women will be able to achieve successful careers in
Government." _ ~ =
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'The award winners are:
Miss Ann Z. Caracriati, who says she "fell into" code work during
World'War II, now heads a cryptology division of 1,000 employees at the
National Security Agency and has been responsible for directing multi-million-
dolla}^ research programs. Her citation is for "exceptional competence in
profeiasional management of research and analysis in the fields of mathematics
and 1'anguages as applied to cryptolvgy."
"There is always room for an archivist," says Dr. ~lizabet~~ B.
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Drewry,~who has proved to be one of the best. Director of the Franklin D.
Roosevelt Library at Hyde Park, New York, she also works closely with the
Nleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation. Dr. Drewry was cited for her'"out-
standing scholarly and administrative achievements in the field of historical
archives and records management."
Dr. Dorothy M. Gilford, as Director of the Mathematical Sciences
Division of the Office of Naval Research, has Initiated new research pro-
grams, including an 18,000,000 one carried out in a dozen countries. She
was cited for "outstanding technical and management contributions" and
"pioneering extension of mathematical techniques to a variety of scientific
programs." Dr. Gilford thinks her field is a good one for women because the
scientific community "accepts women -- especially in computer work."
Miss Carol C. Laise, a top woman foreign service officer in the
`State Department, describes her job as Deputy Director for South Asia as
"d.eve;loping policies and backing up our embassies in that area." Her
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citation expressed it as "brilliant performance and achievements in diplomacy
and advancing U. S. foreign policy ob3ectives through international organiza-
tions." iAs former deputy to the U. S. Counselor for Political Affairs in
New Delhi, she made such an~impact that she was asked to return to that post
during the crisis caused by Communist China's attack on India.
Dr. Sarah E. Stewart, with an impressive career in public health
service,,'~was cited for "extraordinary accomplishments and discoveries in
virology,;which have changed the course of cancer virus research." ilaw chief
of,a cancer researchi].aboratory at the National Institutes of Health, D:~.
Stewart has won wor].c1-wide recognition for her work. "Desire e-r-d drive'' are
the qual~~.ties she re ~~ommends for success in her Field, which she thinkaj.cau-
not havertoo many tr ined people.
"Diligence" is the quality Dr. Penelope H. Thunberg, an international
economis~ at the Central Intelligence Agency, puts at the top of the list in.
her field. Now Deputy Chief of the International Division, Dr. Thunberg
earned a national reputation when she served on the staff of the President's
Council of Ecanamic Advisors. Her award citation was for ?fher impressive
contributions to the production of economic intelligence providing a basis
for policy decisions of the U. S. Government."
(See Photo Bulletin No. 14, March 1965.)
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Sf x' brilliant s ~ sttectiv+e catssr ~rot~n in the United States Gorernment, t
nat~ed re~ciplenta ~ot the fifth annual Federal l~o~*s~a Axardi ?n~o~ coffee frith
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Deputy ieefatant Secretsry of State Katie Lochyrei~ (ri~ht)e ~1rst+Sadthe announce.
tea aft. F,elected !or theft eutataa~din~ coatributioiu tID 'the quality and ?fticiency of
Gc~vernr~e st ee~+ric4, the rtcipieata are (leKt to right) s Mis? Ann Z. Caracristi,
cr~ipto~;i'?epher and Senior Iatel2fgente Analyst with tht Rational Securi#.y ARenoyf
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Dr. Sar~~h E. Stet+art~ cancer research apecialiet, Platienal ~nsti,tutes c;f HRa2ttt;
IKrs. Lbrothy K. Giltordi Director, ~'jathamztical 8cienc~ DiYisioxy Ottice of f+iaval
Research: Dr. Elizabeth H. D~eYry~ Di>ctar of the Franklia ~Ror~serolt Idbraryp
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Dr. Penelope H. ?hunberg, Directory Saonosdc l~search~ Gino-~eviet I;lo~i~ and Miss
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Carol C. I:aise, Deputy Director of South Aaf~an Affairs, bepartnent cat Mate.
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AFTER TWENTY YEARS, the United Nations has grown jrom 50 to 114
members and now occupies this shining tower omid Manhattan's soaring
skyline. Things were di jjerent on April 25, 1945, when the U.N. was bom
in San Francisco. See Page 216.
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Second Man in the U.S.A . ............................ X00
Hubert Humphrey embarks on his Vice Presidential. career. Pre?~i-
dent Johnson's second brings to the new job the tireless zest, bril-
lia~ceand feeling for his fellowman that markedhis Senote progress.
Countdown for Sofoty .................................' Z08
.Scientists deliberately cause the KIWI nuclear-powered rocket engine
'to destroy itself. The result: a brilliant flash--and proof that ac~i-
de is to such engines in space would not create a radiation hazard.
Independence Day .......................................Z10
The Fourth of July is a day of noble words and noisy celebration
commemorating thenation's birth. Some recent pictures of the Ameri-
can scene help lend new meaning to some noble words from the past.
Recent Singles ........................................... 440
A Lesson in Comsdy ................................. 4Z1
The success of Negro actress Diana Sands in the Broadwoy comedy,
"The Owl and the Pussycat," indicates the growing importance of
Negro actors and writers today in the United States theatrical world.
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65-490: Test pilot with
new Hughes "hot .cycle"
jet-powered helicopter
65-492: i Improved KC-I35B
tanker in refueling test near
Mt.~ Rainier, Washington.
65-483: Nuclear sub
Dace on sea trials
in Gulf of Mexico
65-489: Window washer
in New York; St. Patrick's
Cathedral in background
65-317: Government c,.azeer
women chosen to receive
fifth annual award for ~out-
standfng service. (For use
with Feature No. F-65-66)
65-488; Fountain ands
Unisphere of New York
World's Fair at night
Leadership of the 89th Congress
CARL HAYDEN
MIKE MANSFIELD ~
RUSSELL LONG
EVERETT DIRKSEN
THOMAS KUCHEL
(D., Aris.)
(p,, Mont.)
(D., Lo.)
(R., IIL)
(R., Calif.}
Senate President
Senate Majority
Asst. Senate
Ssnate Minority
Asst. 5enote
Pro Tempore
Leader
Majority Leader
Leader
Minority'L~ader
JOHN MC CORMACK
CARL ALBERT
HALE BOGGS
GERALD FORD
LESLIE ARENDS
(D., Mass:)
(D., Oklo.)
(D., La.)
(R., Mich.)
(R., IIL)
Speaker of the House
House Molority
Asst. House
House Minority.
Asst. House
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Lsoder
Molority Lsoder
Lander
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Minority L~~oder
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