Women in Technology International

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Women in Technology International (WITI) is a worldwide organization for advancement of women in business and technology. It was established in 1989 by Carolyn Leighton as an email-based information network business.^[1]

Currenly WITI has regional networks in USA, Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, and United Kingdom. As of July 2005 it had 103,000 registered users.^[2]

1 WITI Hall of Fame
2 References
3 External links

[edit] WITI Hall of Fame

The WITI Hall of Fame was established in 1996 to honor women for their outstanding contribution in science and technology.^[3]

[edit] 1996 inductees

Ruth Leach Amonette
Dr. Eleanor Baum
Dr. Jaleh Daie
Dr. Barbara Grant
Stephanie L. Kwolek
Dr. Misha Mahowald
Linda Sanford
Dr. Cheryl L. Shavers
Dr. Sheila Widnall
Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu

[edit] 1997 inductees

Fran Allen
Carol Bartz
The ENIAC Programmers: Kathleen McNulty Mauchly Antonelli, Jean Jennings Bartik, Frances Snyder Holberton, Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer, Frances Bilas Spence and Ruth Lichterman Teitelbaum
Pamela Meyer Lopker
Marcia Neugebauer
Donna Shirley
Shaunna Sowell
Patty Stonesifer
Patricia Wallington
Rosalyn S. Yalow

[edit] 1998 inductees

Dr. Anita Borg
Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus
Dr. Gertrude B. Elion
Julie Spicer England
Eleanor Francis Helin

[edit] 2006 inductees

Maria Azua, VP of technology and innovation at Armonk, IBM
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, director of the Regulation of Retroviral Infections Unit at Institut Pasteur in Paris
Kim Jones, VP of global education, government and health sciences, Sun Microsystems
Nor Rae Spohn, VP and general manager, Hewlett-Packard personal laserjet solutions division
Been-Jon Woo, director of technology integration and development, Intel

The honor ceremony was held at the 11th Annual WITI Hall of Fame Dinner on October 30, 2006^[4]