Only a few days before her death, GE produced a commercial titled “What if female scientists were celebrities?” profiling Millie as a role model promoting and encouraging women to pursue science and technical roles. This video will be a lasting legacy for the general public who otherwise would not know this remarkable woman.
I did not know Millie as a scientist nor was I conversant with her work and carbon based nanotechnology. I did however know her as a mother and grandmother who raised her family to be strong and search out and pursue their dreams. I know she was at her lab last Monday doing science and one week later, she passed away. While the scientific community has lost a renowned physicist, my sympathies are directed to the Dresselhaus family who has lost their mother (and inlaw), wife and grandmother.
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