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Elise McAbee
A white woman with short dark hair, wearing glasses and a light-colored blouse with a notched collar; the number 8 is in the upper right corner of the photo
Elise McAbee, from a 1965 publication of the United States Army
Born July 28, 1920
Orange County, New York
Died May 9, 1991
Bexar, Texas
Other names Elise Saunders (married name)
Occupation Materials engineer

Elise McAbee Saunders (July 28, 1920 – May 9, 1991) was an American materials engineer with the United States Army.

Early life and education

McAbee was from Orange County, New York, the daughter of Daniel Hayes McAbee and Ruth E. Edgecomb McAbee. She earned a degree in chemical engineering at West Virginia University in 1942.

Career

McAbee worked in the Army's Plastics and Packaging Laboratory at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey. She and her colleagues won the Army Research & Development Achievement Award in 1965. Her research on plastics, polymers, and adhesives was published in academic journals including The Journal of Adhesion and The Journal of Applied Polymer Science.

Personal life

Elise McAbee married John Everitt Saunders in 1973. She died in 1991, in Bexar County, Texas, aged 70 years.

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