Kathryn Strutynski was born on the 5th of February in 1931 in Nephi, Utah. Strutynski attended Brigham Young University from which she attained a degree in mathematics. Her first job after leaving college in 1953 was teaching high school math. Strutynski then moved to California and worked for Pan Am. This was short lived as Pan Am moved their offices, and Strutynski then worked at McGraw-Hill, and then at Bechtel. Her time at Bechtel was the most impactful of her early jobs from what I can tell...