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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