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Mary J. Christ, Sr. 01/27/1958 (nee: Carolyn Ann Cooper) is an African-American Scientist born in Buffalo, N.Y. She applied for her first patent in 1979 while a summer student at Procter and Gamble Folger's Coffee Division at the age of 21. She completed senior classwork in chemical engineering at Pratt Institute. She has a B.S. in Legal Information Systems from Empire State College(1998), a M.S. in International Business from D'Youville (2004) and is currently completing a Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences from Walden University (2008). She is researching TRIZ as part of her dissertation. She is former chapter president of the Society of Women Engineers at Pratt 1979-1980. She is former National Chaiperson of the NSBE 1980-81. She won with partners the NSBE National Technical Contest sponsored by Scott Paper in 1980 at Stanford University. She is a domestic violence survivor. She is widowed. She single parents three young adult children. She has published research on black economic development, digital forensics, intellectual property, Six-Sigma and the entertainment industry. She has a microbusiness called MJC Consulting. She is active as a Republican Poll Inspector in Erie County. She also belongs to ASQ, IEEE, WNYNBMBAA, AQS as a graduate member and serves as a volunteer at the local Salvation Army Senior Program. She is amember of St. Martin de Porres Roman Catholic Church. She was most recently awarded a Grassroots Grant from the Buffalo Chapter of AAUW for research on " Innovation by Intellectual Property in the Inner City: A Benchmark Study." She holds several patent disclosures and copyright registrations. She does creative writing and quilts in her spare time. Mary Christ has spoken Russian since 1972 and also speaks fluent Spanish.

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