Scientists (ICWES) in Cambridge, UK, and in 1972, she wrote the obituary for fellow engineer, Ruth Shafer, chair of the first ICWES. In 1974, she received the George Norlin Silver Medal, the highest alumni award given by the University of Colorado and, in 1979, she was the first woman to receive an honorary lifetime membership to the American Association of Cost Engineers. Eaves was honoured with the Fellow award at the 1980 Society of Women Engineers National Convention (Conference) in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, having been a member of the organisation since 1950. Elsie Eaves died March 27, 1983 in Roslyn, New York, aged 84. Achievements First female president of University of Colorado at Boulder’s student engineering society, the Combined Engineers. First Woman to be elected Associate Member, Member, Fellow, Life Member, of the American Society of Civil Engineers. First woman and first civil engineer to be elected as Member, American Association of Cost Engineers (originally only chemical engineers eligible), where she became the first woman to be awarded an Honorary Life Membership. First woman elected as Chapter Honor Member, Chi Epsilon fraternity. First woman to receive the Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award from the College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado. First woman to receive the Honorary Life Membership Award from the American Association of Cost Engineers. First woman to receive the International Executive Service Corps "Service to Country" Award. First woman to receive the Award of Merit from the American Association of Cost Engineers. Biographical Listings Who's Who in America, 1978–79, 1980–81 Who's Who of American Women, 1975 - 1979-80 Who's Who in Engineering, 1976 EJC Engineers of Distinction, Engineers Joint Council Kay, Sons & Daughters, Ltd., Dartmouth, Devon, England Personalities of America, 1978 ... The Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., 1976 Video-taped biographical interview, Port Washington, N. Y. Public Library, 1971 References External links Portrait of Elsie Eaves, reuther.wayne.edu Bibliography Further reading 1898 births 1983 deaths American civil engineers University of Colorado alumni American women engineers People from Idaho Springs, Colorado 20th-century American engineers Women's Engineering Society 20th-century American women