The first African American woman to earn a PhD in mathematics
Who is Lofton Martha Haynes?
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She was born in Newark, and received a Ph.D. in Biology-Physiology from Duke University in 1967. Her research aimed at shedding light on how the human body defends itself against poison.
Who is Ida Stephens Owens?
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Born near Diamond Missouri, he began an exhaustive series of experiments with peanuts, developing several hundred industrial uses for them as well as for sweet potatoes and soybeans while at Tuskegee University
Who is George Washington Carver?
100
He majored in mathematics and physics in college and began to work for Rockwell's Space Systems Division after graduating with a master of science degree in mathematics. His first assignment was researching an approach and solution for a frontal area algorithm for the Space Station
Who is Carl M. Beaird?
100
She majored in mathematics and is currently a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She also served in the Peace Corps in Liberia and West Africa as a math teacher.
Who is Linda Valdes?
200
She is a professor of Mathematics Spelman College
Who is Gladys Glass?
Who is Gladys Glass?
200
The first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Physics
Who is Willie Hobbs Moore?
Who is Willie Hobbs Moore?
200
. He was one of the first to apply for and acquire a U.S. patent for a traffic signal
Who is Garrett Augustus Morgan?
200
She began working for Texas Instruments after graduating with a degree in mathematics from Spelman College in 1995. She helps educators with the use of a calculator as a classroom tool according to district, state, and national mathematics/science education guidelines.
Who is Arnitra Duckett?
200
He received his PhD in mathematical sciences at Rice University. He is now a Numerical Analyst at Sandia National Laboratories.
Who is Juan C. Meza?
300
The co-founder of ISGEm, the Ethnomathematics Organization
Who is Gloria Gilmer?
Who is Gloria Gilmer?
300
She is an African-American physician, chemist, administrator, former U. S. surgeon general and educator.
Who is Jocelyn Elders?
300
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army and taught in the field of Anti-Aircraft Artillery
Who is William Claytor?
300
He received his undergraduate degree in mathematics at North Carolina A&T University and PhD at University of Michigan. He now works at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Who is Charles Hagwood?
300
Her undergraduate degree is in mathematics. She also took many courses in actuarial sciences and is now working with the international consulting firm Towers Perrin as an Actuarial Analyst.
Who is Valerie Lopez?
400
The first school to graduate three African American women PhDs in mathematics in one year
What is the University of Maryland?
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She is an African-American physicist specializing in Theory and she is the current president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Who is Shirley Jackson?
400
In 1965 he became the first African American named to the National Academy of Sciences
Who is David Blackwell?
400
She majored in mathematics and is now an actuarial Assistant at Nationwide Insurance Company
Who us Tammy M. Lofton?
400
She received her PhD in mathematics from Rice University. She now works for Exxon Production as a geophysical mathematician researching and developing seismic algorithms that are used in the exploration and production of oil and and gas.
Who is Ruth Gonzalez?
500
In 1976 she was the first full-time Native American hired by the Census Bureau
Who is Edna Lee Paisano?
500
She received a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1948, the first Black female to earn a Ph.D. in Chemistry in America.
Who is Marie Daly?
500
In 1846, Norbert Rillieux, an African American inventor and engineer, patented his revolutionary improvement on …
What is the cultivation and processing of sugar?
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She gained her PhD in mathematics at Old Dominion University and now works as a research mathematician at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Who is Bonita Saunders?
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She came to the U.S. from Cuba when she was six years old and did not speak English but Math was subject that always made sense to her. She now works for NASA Kennedy Space Center as an electrical engineer.