Theresa M. Korn

Theresa M. Korn
Born
Theresa Marie McLaughlin

(1926-11-05)November 5, 1926
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
DiedApril 5, 2020(2020-04-05) (aged 93)
Wenatchee, Washington, U.S.
Alma materCarnegie Institute of Technology University of California, Los Angeles (Master's)
Employer(s)Curtiss-Wright, Boeing
Known forAuthor, engineer, radio enthusiast, and airplane pilot

Theresa Marie Korn (née McLaughlin, November 5, 1926 – April 9, 2020) was an American engineer, radio enthusiast, and airplane pilot. The first woman to earn an engineering degree from what is now Carnegie Mellon University,[1][2] she was the author of multiple books on engineering and mathematics.

A fictionalized version of Korn is one of the characters in the novel Kay Everett Calls CQ by Amelia Lobsenz (Vanguard Press, 1951), describing a girls' summer road trip adventure in the 1940s with ham radio and flying components.[3]

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