28 Facts About Suzanne Jenniches

Suzanne Jenniches was born on 1949 and is an American engineer who served from April 2,2003, to 2010 as the vice president and general manager of Government Systems Division of Northrop Grumman Corp.

Suzanne Jenniches was the only woman to take engineering evening classes at Johns Hopkins University in the 1970s.

Suzanne Jenniches was both the first female engineer and the first intern at Westinghouse Electric Company.

Suzanne Jenniches is one of the first female leaders at Northrop Grumman, and considered a pioneer by the Society of Women Engineers.

The firstborn of one son and two daughters, Jenniches is the first in her family to have a college degree.

Suzanne Jenniches learned the value of work ethic through her parents.

When Clarion State College recruiters visited her school, Suzanne Jenniches accepted their invitation and applied to one school.

In 1970, Suzanne Jenniches earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Clarion State College.

Suzanne Jenniches believed there were only two choices open to her as a young female biology major: a nurse or a teacher.

Suzanne Jenniches attended evening school at Johns Hopkins, four nights a week, for seven years.

Suzanne Jenniches was the only woman at the evening engineering school for a number of years.

In 1979, Suzanne Jenniches earned a master's degree in environmental engineering from Johns Hopkins University.

Suzanne Jenniches completed extensive post-graduate work in international affairs at The Catholic University of America.

Suzanne Jenniches has attended the Harvard Business School Program for Management Development.

Suzanne Jenniches began her career in science as a high school biology teacher, teaching ecology, in Westminster, Maryland.

Suzanne Jenniches applied to go to graduate school at Johns Hopkins by impulse.

At Johns Hopkins's evening school, Suzanne Jenniches's peers influenced her to work at Westinghouse Electric Company.

Suzanne Jenniches would be the only woman there, and the only person that had ever had an internship.

Suzanne Jenniches quit teaching and worked at Westinghouse as an associate engineer.

Suzanne Jenniches worked there, as an intern and a woman, for two weeks, unpaid, in a plant, with no security clearance, all while still attending evening classes to complete her engineering degree.

Suzanne Jenniches kept the same telephone number and used it to advance her career within the company.

Suzanne Jenniches worked in computer test engineering, electronic assembly, advanced robotic manufacturing, radar systems, and defense programs.

Suzanne Jenniches engineered for Northrop Grumman, and stayed at that corporation for more than thirty years.

Suzanne Jenniches oversaw the production of the first electronically scanned antenna for production aircraft in the world.

From 1988 to 1989, Suzanne Jenniches was the president of the Society of Women Engineers.

Suzanne Jenniches has served on the American Association of Engineering Societies Board of Governors and as an expert witness before Congress on numerous occasions.

Suzanne Jenniches advocated on behalf of engineering for NASA, NIST, AAES, and SWE.

Suzanne Jenniches earned the Distinguished New Engineer Award in 1983 and the Achievement Award in 2000.