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blade standing at a blackboard , 1946 1994 salt lake city , ut american mary francis blade industrial engineering , mechanical engineering the arts cooper union for the advancement of science and 1913 mary . jpg blade , standing at blackboard -lrb- 3322780400 -rrb- mary blade
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mary plumb blade -lrb- 1913-1994 -rrb- was an american engineer , director of the green camp from 1955 to 1972 , and full-time professor of mechanical engineering in the engineering school of the cooper union for the advancement of science and arts from 1946 to 1978 .
she graduated with a b.s. in engineering from the university of utah and an m.s. in industrial engineering from columbia university .
at the time of her appointment as a professor , blade was `` the only woman on the cooper union engineering faculty -lrb- where she initially taught drawing , mathematics and design -rrb- and one of few women on any engineering faculty in the united states . ''
blade was also an avid and accomplished mountain climber .
in 1978 , blade was featured in `` chair : the current state of the art , with the who , the why , and the what of it '' by peter bradford and barbara prete with a chapter titled `` physical forces and damages , your sitting behavior , `` move . '' ''
in 1980 , the engineering design graphics division of the american society for engineering education awarded blade its distinguished service award .
