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Paula Loring Simon is a female engineer who worked in industry for most of her life and strongly supported other women in engineering.

Introduction
Paula Loring Simon currently serves as a Trustee for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a position which she has held since 1996. She is a very active alumna, and pursues efforts to increase diversity in engineering. She has endowed scholarships through both the Society of Women Engineers and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, which are awarded to female undergraduate students pursuing engineering.

Education
Paula Simon received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, cum laude, from RPI in 1968. She went on to receive an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1969, as well as an M.B.A. from Boston University in 1977.

Career
After her graduation, she held various roles at companies such as Honeywell and The Mitre Corporation. She also worked in consulting. She held the position of Information Systems Director for Cushman & Wakefield. She held high-level positions as companies such as Dow Jones Telerate, and MetLife. She eventually rose to managing director and CTO of Municipal Bond Insurance Association. Much of her work helped to define information technology services within the financial services industry. She then transitioned into working with non-profit organizations, and became CTO for the Wildlife Conservation Society, and later for the Central Synagogue in New York City.

Service
Paula Simon served as the President of the Society of Women Engineers from 1978 to 1979. She has also served as president of the Rensselaer Alumni Association and continues to participate in various alumnae activities.

Honors and awards
As a high school student, Paula Loring received the Rensselaer Medal, recognizing her as the strongest student in science and mathematics from her high school. She was also inducted into Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, as a student. Ms. Simon received the Rensselaer Alumni Association’s 1982 Alumni Key Award. She also received the Albert Fox Demers Medal in 1996. Additionally, she is a member of Rensselaer’s Amos Eaton Society of Patroons. In 2013, she received the highest honor from the Rensselaer Alumni Association, the Distinguished Service Award, and was the third woman to receive this honor.

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Robert McClenon (talk) 01:40, 28 February 2018 (UTC)