Alice Chancellor | |
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Born | September 2, 1912 Kentland, Indiana |
Died | June 22, 1985 Sierra Vista, Arizona |
Occupation | Electronics engineer |
Known for | Outstanding Handicapped Federal Employee of the Year (1971) |
Alice Percilla Chancellor (September 2, 1912 – June 22, 1985) was an American electronics engineer, recipient of the 1970 Outstanding Handicapped Federal Employee of the Year award.
Chancellor was born in Kentland, Indiana, [1] the daughter of James Robert Chancellor and Laura Maria Lowman Chancellor. Her father was a farmer. [2] She had a childhood accident and subsequent infection that, in adulthood, made her blind in one eye, and required both her legs to be amputated in separate surgeries (1962 and 1964). [3] [4] In 1956, she resigned her civil service job to pursue a degree in engineering, which she completed at the University of Arizona. [5]
Chancellor, who used a wheelchair, [6] worked as a stenographer and typist as a young woman, in private industry, for an Indiana draft board during World War II, and after 1952 in the Federal Civil Service. [4] In 1962, after her college degree was completed, she was an electronics engineer for the United States Army in Arizona, at the Electronic Proving Ground at Fort Huachuca. [5] She was named the Department of the Army's 1970 Handicapped Employee, [7] and won the 1970 Outstanding Handicapped Federal Employee of the Year award, which was presented to her at a March 1971 ceremony by Pat Nixon. [8] [9]
Chancellor also received two Department of the Army Meritorious Civilian Service Awards. [7] [10] She was a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and active in the Arizona chapter of the Armed Forces Communications Electronic Association. [5] [11]
Chancellor lived alone in her own house, and drove an adapted car. She enjoyed sewing clothes, for herself and for charity. In 1969, she donated 50 handmade Easter dresses to a nearby Indian reservation. She also made wardrobes for students at the Papago Indian School. [5] She died in 1985, in Sierra Vista, Arizona, aged 72 years. [1]
Alice Chancellor | |
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Born | September 2, 1912 Kentland, Indiana |
Died | June 22, 1985 Sierra Vista, Arizona |
Occupation | Electronics engineer |
Known for | Outstanding Handicapped Federal Employee of the Year (1971) |
Alice Percilla Chancellor (September 2, 1912 – June 22, 1985) was an American electronics engineer, recipient of the 1970 Outstanding Handicapped Federal Employee of the Year award.
Chancellor was born in Kentland, Indiana, [1] the daughter of James Robert Chancellor and Laura Maria Lowman Chancellor. Her father was a farmer. [2] She had a childhood accident and subsequent infection that, in adulthood, made her blind in one eye, and required both her legs to be amputated in separate surgeries (1962 and 1964). [3] [4] In 1956, she resigned her civil service job to pursue a degree in engineering, which she completed at the University of Arizona. [5]
Chancellor, who used a wheelchair, [6] worked as a stenographer and typist as a young woman, in private industry, for an Indiana draft board during World War II, and after 1952 in the Federal Civil Service. [4] In 1962, after her college degree was completed, she was an electronics engineer for the United States Army in Arizona, at the Electronic Proving Ground at Fort Huachuca. [5] She was named the Department of the Army's 1970 Handicapped Employee, [7] and won the 1970 Outstanding Handicapped Federal Employee of the Year award, which was presented to her at a March 1971 ceremony by Pat Nixon. [8] [9]
Chancellor also received two Department of the Army Meritorious Civilian Service Awards. [7] [10] She was a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and active in the Arizona chapter of the Armed Forces Communications Electronic Association. [5] [11]
Chancellor lived alone in her own house, and drove an adapted car. She enjoyed sewing clothes, for herself and for charity. In 1969, she donated 50 handmade Easter dresses to a nearby Indian reservation. She also made wardrobes for students at the Papago Indian School. [5] She died in 1985, in Sierra Vista, Arizona, aged 72 years. [1]