Judy Englant Hale - 1990
MHS 1958 Graduate
Judy Englant Hale, Class of 1958, was nominated by her sister, Ruth Englant Betz. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Kent State University with a major in chemistry and attended graduate school at Case Western Reserve and the University of Kentucky. She also studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Judy is currently employed as manager of technical information with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. This position takes her not only to many cities in throughout the United States, but also to Europe and Australia.
In this capacity she oversees fifty people and an annual budget of four million dollars. Her department is responsible for all technical publications purchased by Goodyear through its libraries. This department is also responsible for the use of computers throughout Goodyear Research and Development and is responsible for assuring that Goodyear Research and Development realizes a return on its thirty million annual investment in computer technology.
Mrs. Hale is active in two professional societies--the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society and the Industrial Technical Information Managers’ Group. She also serves on the Advisory Board for Automation of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. As manager of technical information, she holds the highest position of any woman in the Research and Development Division of Goodyear. She was twice nominated as Akron's Woman of the Year.
Mrs. Hale is the founder of Technical and Business Women of Goodyear whose top priority is working with children as they pass through the Summit County Children’s Services and Akron Public Schools. She has participated in various service projects with Zonta, a service organization for professional women. She has worked with Harvest House, a home for battered women. She is also involved with Kent State University's program to encourage students in mathematics and science.
She has volunteered her time, energy and know-how to Junior Achievement as well as the March of Dimes. Judy is an asset to her community and a loving and giving person. She and her husband, Arthur Hale, live in Stow.