Ruth Doggett Terzaghi
Ruth Doggett Terzaghi | |
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| Born | October 14, 1903 |
| Died | March 3, 1992 (aged 88) Winchester, MA |
| Spouse | Karl von Terzaghi |
| Children | Eric Terzaghi, Margaret Terzaghi-Howe |
| Awards | Clemens 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 | |
| Fields | Geology 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)