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・・・ Black History All Year 2020 . . She majored in mathematics but studied theoretical physics and astronomy as well.  In 1945, she graduated with academic honors, a summa cum laude designation, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.  Evelyn Boyd earned scholarships from Smith and Yale that allowed her to continue her graduate studies the next fall.  At Yale, she studied with Dr. Einar Hille and earned her Ph.D. in the field of functional analysis in 1949. . . After she graduated from Yale, and completed a year as a post-doctoral research assistant, Boyd was hired at Fisk University in Tennessee as an associate professor.  She stayed at Fisk for two years before launching a career in government and private industry.  Between 1952 and 1967 she worked for the National Standards Bureau, IBM, NASA, the North American Aviation Company, and finally at IBM again.  In 1967, after a divorce, she retired from industry to take a job as a professor at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA). . . #evelynboydgranville #mathematician #blackmathematicians #blackmathteachers #blackphysics #blackastronomers #phd #yale #csula #blackastronomers (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/B--ti6ygkP1/?igshid=4pui5cz2uk5b

Black History All Year 2020 . . She majored in mathematics but studied theoretical physics and astronomy as well.  In 1945, she graduated with academic honors, a summa cum laude designation, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.  Evelyn Boyd earned scholarships from Smith and Yale that allowed her to continue her graduate studies the next fall.  At Yale, she studied with Dr. Einar Hille and earned her Ph.D. in the field of functional analysis in 1949. . . After she graduated from Yale, and completed a year as a post-doctoral research assistant, Boyd was hired at Fisk University in Tennessee as an associate professor.  She stayed at Fisk for two years before launching a career in government and private industry.  Between 1952 and 1967 she worked for the National Standards Bureau, IBM, NASA, the North American Aviation Company, and finally at IBM again.  In 1967, after a divorce, she retired from industry to take a job as a professor at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA). . . #evelynboydgranville #mathematician #blackmathematicians #blackmathteachers #blackphysics #blackastronomers #phd #yale #csula #blackastronomers (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9anQ4-gm0k/?igshid=u7xdaykag3ki

Day 24 of Black History Month challenge: One black history post everyday for the entire month. . . She graduated in 1925 from Beechhurst High School with a full college scholarship and graduated from Wilberforce University in Ohio in 1929 as a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (Zeta Chapter) with her bachelor’s degree in mathematics, as well as a degree in foreign language (French). . . In 1943 Vaughan took what she thought would be a temporary position with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA, now NASA) at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in Hampton, Virginia. She was assigned to West Area Computers, a segregated group that consisted of all African American women mathematicians. These women provided critical information to the engineers conducting aeronautical experiments by testing performance and durability for new space equipment. Vaughan was appointed acting supervisor of the program in 1949, after the death of her manager and thus become the first African American woman to be promoted in the agency.  It took two years, however for her to achieve permanent status in that position. . . In 2016 Vaughan was featured in the film Hidden Figures, which stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae.  The film focused on three African-American at NASA who calculated flight trajectories for Project Mercury and Apollo 11 in the 1960s. In doing so, it documented the careers and contributions of Katherine Johnson, Mary Winston Jackson, and Vaughan who is portrayed by Octavia Spencer in the film. . . #nasa #blacknasa #blackengineers #blackmathematicians #blackeducators #spaceforce #spacerace #hiddenfigures #tarijiphenson #octaviaspencer #janellemonae #humancomputer (at Kansas City, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/B89lLW3goJ9/?igshid=1tkwp13e3fruj

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Historically, black mathematicians are not given the recognition they rightfully deserve for overcoming what seemed like insurmountable odds. Black History Monday honors Elbert Frank Cox, the first black man to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. https://youtu.be/rSyM-_XDzNM #blackhistory #blackmathematicians #blackengineers #blacktechnician #blackphds #blackphd #cornelluniversity #howarduniversity #elbertfrankcox #elbertcox https://www.instagram.com/p/B5SkYOWg9_w/?igshid=13oulb5vmqwm3

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Marjorie Lee Browne "Born in Tennessee in 1914, Browne was a gifted mathematician and educator. In 1949, she became only the third African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in her field. In 1960, Browne set up an electronic digital computer center at North Carolina College, one of the first of its kind at a minority college" #marjorieleebrowne #blackwomen #womenshistorymonth #womenshistory #womenshistorymonth2017 #womenshistorychallenge #blackexcellence #blackhistory #blackhistory365 #blackgirlsrock #blackmathematicians #blackeducator