About Dot Lemon
Lived 1907 – 1986 (aged 78–79). Dot Lemon was an aircraft pilot and aviator.
Dorothy "Dot" Lemon (1907–1986) was a 20th-century American aviator whose career ranged from barnstorming in the 1920s to becoming the first woman president of the Institute of Navigation in the 1960s.
Career in aviation Dorothy, known as "Dot", was born in 1907 and adopted as Dorothy Martin by a pastor, Albert Martin, and his wife. Her birth certificate states that her biological father was a member of a Chicago family surnamed Whitney. She gained the name she is best known by following her 1937 marriage to fellow pilot Richard (Dick) Lemon.
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Who was Dot Lemon?
American aviator
When was Dot Lemon born?
Dot Lemon was born in 1907.
When did Dot Lemon die?
Dot Lemon died in 1986.
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Dot Lemon was an aircraft pilot and aviator.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Dot Lemon. https://biography.guide/dot-lemon/
MLA: "Dot Lemon." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/dot-lemon/.
Chicago: "Dot Lemon." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/dot-lemon/.
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