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Portrait photograph of Mildred S. Dresselhaus. Original caption: "Dr. Mildred S. Dresselhaus, professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been appointed associate head of the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering for electrical science and engineering. A specialist in solid state physics, she is the first woman to hold a major post in an MIT engineering department in the school's 110-year history." Original credit line: MIT Photo.