Alexandra Tillson Filer
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July 1, 1916
Alexandra Tillson Filer | |
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| Born | Alexandra Tillson July 1, 1916 Franklin, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | January 4, 2015 (aged 98) |
| Other names | Alexandra Tillson Taylor (after first marriage) |
| Occupations | Metallurgist, mineral collector, bookseller |
| Known for | Co-founder, Mineral of the Month Club |
Alexandra Tillson Filer (July 1, 1916 – January 4, 2015) was an American metallurgist and collector. She was among the first women to earn a degree in metallurgy, in 1938.
Alexandra Tillson was born in July 1916 in Franklin, near Franklin Furnace, New Jersey.[1] Her father Benjamin Franklin Tillson,[2] a Yale alumnus, was assistant superintendent of the New Jersey Zinc Company.[3][4] Her mother, Florence Rutherford Smith Tillson, was an alumna of Smith College.[5]
Tillson was a Girl Scout.[6] She attended Pennsylvania State College, enrolled in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences as a metallurgy major. She was the first woman to complete that course at Penn State,[7] when her degree was granted in 1938.[8]