The Los Angeles Professional Section (SWE-LA) is working hard to endow a scholarship to honor Arminta Harness. Arminta was the first woman engineer in the United States Air Force and retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1974. Arminta served as SWE Society President from 1976 through 1978, received SWE Fellow grade in 1980, and was awarded the SWE Distinguished Service Award in 2000. Learn more about Arminta and her accomplishments here! The oral history transcript from a SWE interview with Arminta in 2003 can be found here.
Arminta was an extraordinary engineer, military officer, and SWE advocate. If you would like to help SWE-LA meet their scholarship endowment goals, please make checks payable to Los Angeles Section of Society of Women Engineers and mail to:
SWE-LA
c/o Frances Ferris
136 N Grand Ave #154
West Covina, CA 91791
Endowed SWE Scholarships are awarded annually and support the next generation of engineers. To establish an endowed scholarship that will be awarded in perpetuity, visit this page (scroll down to “Scholarship Endowments”) or donate to an endowed scholarship here! You can apply for a SWE scholarship here. Endowed Scholarships are managed by the SWE Board of Trustees.
