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 * Lucy W. Pickett was a physical chemist who received a Ph.D from the University of Illinois
 * Born January 19, 1904
 * Died November 23, 1997
 * research on x-ray crystallography and ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy of organic molecules
 * graduated Mount Holyoke College in 1925
 * In 1975, awarded the honorary doctor of science
 * upon her retirement, colleagues, students, and friends honored Pickett's many contributions to Mount Holyoke by establishing a lectureship in her name. The chemistry department's Lucy W. Pickett annual lecture series, which brings outstanding women scientist to campus, continues to this day (www.mtholyoke.edu).
 * graduating summa cum laude in chemistry and mathematics in 1925. Continued to a master degree in two years before moving to the University of Illinois, where studied her doctoral degree.
 * Both Lucy and Thomas led similar academic and professional lives, while still holding a close relationship.
 * Lucy planned on majoring in Latin but changed her mind to work in the sciences, having an attraction to chemistry. She doubled major in chemistry and mathematics.
 * As much as Lucy would of liked to continue her work in X-ray crystallography, she returned to Mount Holyoke College to join in an active team of researchers, including Emma Perry Carr and Mary Sherrill, who were investigating molecular structures through spectroscopy.
 * In 1939, Pickett went to Belgium to the University of Liege, where she began her work with spectroscopist, Victor Henri, and in the same year, to Harvard to work with molecular spectroscopist, George Kistiakowsky. In 1942, Pickett and Carr traveled to Chicago to attend a conference on spectroscopy organized by Robert S. Mulliken.
 * Lucy worked with Milliken in 1952 on theoretical interpretations of the spectrum of the benzenium ion.