Person Record
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Name |
Kaye, Beverly Getchell |
Notes |
BEVERLY GETCHELL KAYE is one of the first women to enter the computer field as a systems engineer. She worked for 10 years at the Harris Corporation and was awarded several honors for her professional achievements. She is also the founder of the Holiday Project in the mid-peninsula area and was instrumental in bringing about a community service program with San Mateo County women's correction facility known as the "Yarn Project". The Holiday project provides an opportunity for people to visit those who are institutionalized (e.g. in hospitals, nursing homes, alcohol and drug rehabilitation, prisons, orphanages and psychiatric units). |
Othernames |
Beverly Getchell Kaye |
Titles & honors |
Women's Hall of Fame, 1988 |
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Portraits of Dedication: The San Mateo County Women's Hall of Fame, 1984-1994 - Burgett, Shirley; Svanevik, Michael
Inspirational life stories and photographs of 117 women and teens. Each woman had a cause and tenacity; and many battled social pressures, serious handicaps, and self-doubts to pursue a wide range of community and professional successes and breakthroughs. They are honored, in this book, for their lives of courage and excellence on behalf of their community and world.
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