Ruth Doggett Terzaghi

Ruth Doggett Terzaghi
BornOctober 14, 1903
DiedMarch 3, 1992(1992-03-03) (aged 88)
Winchester, MA
SpouseKarl von Terzaghi
ChildrenEric Terzaghi, Margaret Terzaghi-Howe
AwardsClemens Herschel Award

Honorary membership in the Association of Engineering Geologists

First woman to be recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Scientific career
FieldsGeology Earth Sciences

Ruth Doggett Terzaghi (October 14, 1903 – March 3, 1992) was an American geologist and civil engineer (Peck, 1993, p. 91). She held several teaching positions relating to geology and engineering geology (Peck, 1993, p. 91). In addition to pursuing her own research, she assisted her husband Karl Von Terzaghi in many of his geotechnical engineering and soil mechanics projects. (Peck, 1993, p. 91; Ogilvie, 2003, p. 1275)