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1999: The mathematics departments of the 25 highest-ranked universities in the US had more than 900 faculty members, of whom 4 were African-American. [7] 2003: Clarence F. Stephens is the first African-American to be honored with the Mathematical Association of America's (MAA) most prestigious award, for Distinguished Service to Mathematics. [28]
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).
Katherine Johnson Johnson in 1983 Born Creola Katherine Coleman (1918-08-26) August 26, 1918 White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, U.S. Died February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24) (aged 101) Newport News, Virginia, U.S. Other names Katherine Goble Education West Virginia State University (BS) Occupation Mathematician Employers NACA NASA (1953–1986) Known for Calculating trajectories for NASA ...
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]
Louise Nixon Sutton (1925–2006), first African-American woman to earn a mathematics PhD at New York University; Thyrsa Frazier Svager (1930–1999), African-American mathematician, donated entire salary to support African-American women in mathematics; Márta Svéd (–2005), Hungarian-Australian mathematician, wrote about non-Euclidean geometry
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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American mathematicians. It includes American mathematicians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Over the years, Kapas has collected photos of people wearing his hats, including one special one he captured in February at his second-ever expo in Cartersville, Ga. During the expo, Kapas says a ...