Eleanor Annie Lamson

After her degree, Lamson got a job as a "piece-work" computer at the US Naval Observatory.^[1] She started as a full time computer in 1903 and was promoted to assistant scientist in 1907, a position she maintained for sixteen years.^[1] During this time, she received a number of promotions including becoming the head of the Computing Section at the observatory.^[1] In 1925, Lamson became a National Research Council Delegate for the International Astronomical Union and was promoted to associate scientist at the US Naval Observatory, the first time a woman held this title.^[1]

Her contribution to the USS S-21 expedition, one of the first submarine missions to understand Earth's gravity in oceanic regions, is detailed in the appendix of the paper published about this experiment.^[1][3] In 1929, she wrote the technical summary of the submarine cruise for the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey's Annual Report on Operations.^[4]

There are many scientific papers bearing her name describing her work on orbits for numerous different comets and for bodies that orbit Mars.^[5][6][7]

• E. A. Lamson; A. Hall Jr.; E. C. Bower. (November 1926). "Corrections to the elements of the satellites of Mars". The Astronomical Journal. 37:69. doi:10.1086/104749