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1997: Kathleen Adebola Okikiolu was the first African American awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. [9] 1997 Scott W. Williams produced the website Mathematicians of the African Diaspora, a collection of African-American mathematicians, newsletter, and resources on Africans in ...
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William Schieffelin Claytor (1908–1967), third African-American to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics, University of Pennsylvania [1] [2] Paul Cohen (1934–2007) Don Coppersmith (b. 1950), cryptographer, first four-time Putnam Fellow in history; Elbert Frank Cox (1895–1969), first African-American to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics, Cornell University
In June 2006, Udeigwe obtained his M.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Delaware and an M.A. in mathematics in April 2008. [10] He completed a thesis under Professor Robert P Gilbert at the University of Delaware as part of the requirements for his M.S. degree, which was titled "Identification of Objects in Acoustic Waveguide: Numerical Results and an Introduction to an Alternate ...
This is a List of Lists of mathematicians and covers notable mathematicians by nationality, ethnicity, religion, profession and other characteristics. Alphabetical lists are also available (see table to the right).
List of African-American mathematicians; List of American mathematicians; List of Jewish American mathematicians; B. List of Brazilian mathematicians; C.
Williams is one of two founders [5] of Black and Third World Mathematicians, which in 1971 became the National Association of Mathematicians. Together with Willam Massey of Lucent Technologies, Dr. Williams founded the Committee for African American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences in 1997.
He has also been active in the African-American community particularly through his mentoring, recruiting, and lecturing. [31] [32] He has received several community service awards for his social outreach. [33] [34] Petters is the first tenured African-American professor in mathematics at Duke University. [33]