caption birth_place awards image_size nationality workplaces name field birth_date known_for image article_title birth_name alma_mater
edith flanigen with u.s. president barack obama buffalo , new york , united states white-space garvan -- olin medal -lrb- 1993 -rrb- national inventors hall : of fame -lrb- 2002 -rrb- lemelson -- mit lifetime achievement nowrap award -lrb- 2004 -rrb- national medal of technology -lrb- 2014 ; -rrb- perkin medal -lrb- 1992 -rrb- 200px united states union carbide , uop edith marie flanigen chemistry 28 january 1929 molecular sieve synthetic emerald zeolite y edith-flanigen-barack-obama . png edith m. flanigen
 edith marie flanigen d'youville college syracuse university -lrb- m. s. -rrb-
edith m. flanigen

edith marie flanigen -lrb- born january 28 , 1929 -rrb- is a noted american chemist , known for her work on synthesis of emeralds , and later zeolites for molecular sieves at union carbide .
