Back شيلا ويدنال ARZ شیلا ویدنال AZB Sheila Widnall German Sheila Widnall Spanish شیلا ویدنال Persian Sheila Widnall French Sheila Widnall Galician שילה וידנל HE Sheila Widnall Italian Sheila Widnall Malagasy
Sheila Widnall | |
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| 18th United States Secretary of the Air Force | |
| In office August 6, 1993 – October 31, 1997 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Donald B. Rice |
| Succeeded by | F. Whitten Peters |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sheila Marie Evans July 13, 1938 Tacoma, Washington, U. S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | William Widnall |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SB, SM, ScD) |
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Sheila Marie Evans Widnall (born July 13, 1938) is an American aerospace researcher and Institute Professor Emerita at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She served as United States Secretary of the Air Force from 1993 to 1997, making her the first woman to hold that post and the first woman to lead an entire branch of the United States Armed Forces in the Department of Defense. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2003.[4]
- ^ "Sheila E. Widnall." Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC Document Number: K1631006966. Fee. Accessed 2008-10-31. Updated: 12/12/1998.
- ^ "Sheila Widnall." Notable Women Scientists. Gale Group, 2000. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC Document Number: K1668000457. Fee. Accessed 2008-10-31. Updated: 11/05/2000
- ^ "Sheila E. Widnall." Notable Scientists: From 1900 to the Present. Online. Gale Group, 2008. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC Document Number: K1619002898 Fee. Accessed 2008-10-31. Updated: 01/01/2001.
- ^ "Widnall, Sheila E." National Women’s Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2019-03-23.