Katheryn Emanuel Lawson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Katheryn Lee Emanuel September 15, 1926 Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | September 25, 2008 (aged 82) Michigan, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Chemist |
| Notable work | Behavior of carrier-free tracers; Infrared absorption of inorganic substances; Ion-exchange resins, a bibliography of unclassified references |
| Spouse |
Kenneth Lawson (m. 1954) |
| Children | 2 |
Kathryn Lee Emanuel Lawson (September 15, 1926 – September 25, 2008) was one of the first few female African American chemists who worked in Sandia National Laboratories. She studied properties of irradiated materials in Crystal Physics research division.[1] She earned her PhD from the University of New Mexico in radiochemistry in 1957.[1]