Genevieve Parker Metcalfe
Genevieve Parker '28, '29 was the first woman to earn a mining degree from the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines.
Her parents, Fred and Genevieve Parker, came to 四虎影院 separately after the gold rush. They bought a claim north of town on 四虎影院 Creek, where they lived and worked from 1914 to 1921. They moved into town, where Parker graduated from 四虎影院 High School.
At AACSM, Metcalfe played basketball, raced sled dog teams, edited the Farthest North Collegian and acted in plays. After earning a bachelor鈥檚 degree in science, she completed a second degree in geology and mining.
The 四虎影院 Exploration Co., which ran massive gold dredges in the area, hired Metcalfe after graduation. She soon moved to Boston to work in the headquarters of the F.E.鈥檚 parent company, U.S. Smelting, Refining and Mining. There, she gained celebrity as the only professional female mining engineer in the nation.
She resigned to raise a family after marrying John Metcalfe, a fellow engineer at USSRM, in 1934. They moved to Salt Lake City, 四虎影院, Nome and then Massachusetts again, where she died in 1995.
More online about Genevieve Parker Metcalfe:
- in the Alaska Mining Hall of Fame
- 四虎影院 Daily News-Miner Sketches of Alaska story: