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Imes was the second African American to receive a Ph.D. in physics since Edward Bouchet did so from Yale University in 1876; Imes was the first African American in the 20th century to gain this degree. [1] On May 3, 1919, after moving to New York City to work in industry, Imes married Nella Larsen, a nurse who became a writer.
Moore was a tutor at the Saturday African-American Academy in Ann Arbor, a community program for teaching science and mathematics to students in grades 5–12. [1] She was also a member of The Links, Incorporated. [1] Additionally, Moore was a member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority and also a member of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal ...
Edward Alexander Bouchet (September 15, 1852 – October 28, 1918) was an American physicist and educator and was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from any American university, completing his dissertation in physics at Yale University in 1876. On the basis of his academic record he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa society. In 1874, he ...
A group of involved physicists met at Fisk University in 1972 to honor three well known African-American physicists: Dr. Donald Edwards, Dr. John McNeile Hunter, and Dr. Halson V. Eagleson. [2] On April 28, 1977, the Society was established at Morgan State University, [3] with its founding co-chairs being Walter E. Massey and James Davenport. [1]
Walter Eugene Massey (born April 5, 1938) is an American educator, physicist, and executive. President Emeritus of both the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), and of Morehouse College, he is chairman of the board overseeing construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope. [1]
Arlie Oswald Petters, MBE (born February 8, 1964) is a Belizean-American mathematical physicist, who is the Benjamin Powell Professor of mathematics and a professor of physics and economics at Duke University. [1] Petters became the provost at New York University Abu Dhabi effective September 1, 2020. [2]
James Clinton Davenport (born 1938) is an American physicist and physics professor. He specializes in condensed matter physics and is known for his contributions to physics education. He is one of the founders of the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP).
Nelms was born in 1929 [1] [2] in Waycross, Georgia. [3]She worked as a nuclear physicist for National Bureau of Standards in the 1950s. [3] She collaborated in her nuclear research with Ugo Fano, an Italian-born academician who joined the National Bureau of Standards as the bureau's first theoretical physicist after a stint at Aberdeen Proving Grounds.