Margaret E. M. Tolbert

Margaret Ellen Mayo Tolbert (b. November 24, 1943) was a chemist who has worked as a professor at Tuskegee University and director of the Carver Research Foundation at Tuskegee, and as a research chemist at British Petroleum.^[1] From 1996-2002 she served as director of the New Brunswick Laboratory, becoming the first African American and the first woman in charge of a Department of Energy lab.^[2][3]

Early life and education

Tolbert was born in Suffolk, Virginia, and raised by her grandmother. She enrolled in the Tuskegee Institute after graduating from high school as a pre-med major, later switching to chemistry because of the availability of financial aid. She graduated in 1967 with a B.S. in chemistry and a minor in mathematics, then earned an M.S. in analytical chemistry from Wayne State University in 1968, and in 1974 a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Brown University.^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "Margaret E.M. Tolbert". Oral History. Chemical Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
2. "Managerial Leadership in Government". BlackEngineer.com. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
3. Spangenburg, Ray; Moser, Kit (2003). "Tolbert, Margaret Ellen Mayo". African Americans in Science, Math, and Invention. New York, NY: Facts On File. pp. 211–212. ISBN 978-1-4381-0774-5.
4. "Margaret Tolbert". Institute for Broadening Participation. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
5. "Margaret E.M. Tolbert, Ph.D.". TRUST. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

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