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Black History Month Project:

Betty Washington Greene

Birth & Death

  • Betty was born on March 20, 1935

  • place of birth: Fort Worth, TX

  • She sadly passed away on June 16, 1995 due to natural causes at the age of 86

  • place of death: Midland, MI

Birth & Death

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Betty's accomplishments

  • Betty was mostly known for being the first African-American that worked for the Dow Chemical in a professional capacity.
  • Her research was focused on colloidal chemistry
  • The chemistry of latex
  • Including the interaction between latex and paper.

chemical structure in latex

Additional facts

patent means : the granting of a property right by a sovereign authority to an inventor.

Betty had variable patents, which are the following:

  • 4968740: Latex-based adhesive prepared by emulsion polymerization.
  • 4506057: Stable latex containing phosphorus surface groups.
  • 4609434: Composite sheet prepared with stable latex containing phosphorus surface groups.
  • All these patents were created with the help of other scientists.

patent

  • Betty was a charter member of Midland, Michigan Alumni Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority
  • The program was a national public service group that emphasized work with African American women.

Philanthropy

  • Some areas of innovation for Betty were Colloid and Polymer Chemistry.
  • Also including Surface Tension of Liquids and solution.

areas of innovation

  • From a young age Betty attended segregated public schools
  • She later graduated in I.M. Terrell High School in the year 1952.
  • After graduating Betty entered the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
  • She graduated with a B.S. in chemistry in the year 1955.

education

  • Betty's family consisted of her husband and her 3 children.
  • Her husband was William M. Greene, he was a scientist.
  • Her daughter Willeta Greene-Johnson, she was an American physicist, musician and choral director.
  • Lastly her two other kids, Victor M. Greene, and Lisa Kianne Greene which there is not much we know about.

family

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