She chose to study electrical engineering at General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in Flint, Mich. because the paid co-op program helped finance her education.

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Other deaths the inspector-general's report found were caused by faulty electrical equipment or improper grounding include the death of Army Spc.

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His discoveries laid the foundations for the electric motor and the electrical generator, and thus for electrification in general.

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