Evelyn Boyd Granville

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Evelyn Boyd Granville
  1. Basic Info
    1. b. 1924, Washington, DC.
      1. Was known for the improvements she made to African Americans' and women’s obtainable education
    2. Teacher & Researcher
      1. 1950: Associate Professor of Mathematics at Fisk University
        1. Taught two students who would become the seventh and eleventh African American women to receive their Ph.D. in mathematics
          1. 1952: left academia & worked for the Diamond Ordnance Fuze Laboratories as an applied mathematician
            1. 1956- 1960: worked for IBM on the Project Vanguard and Project Mercury space programs
              1. Made real time calculations during satellite launchings, analyzed orbits and developed computer procedures
                1. 1962: became a research specialist at the North American Aviation Space and Information Systems division
                  1. Worked on celestial mechanics, trajectory and orbit computation, numerical analysis, and digital computer techniques for the Apollo program
                    1. 1963: returned to IBM as a senior mathematician
                      1. 1967: began teaching again at California State University
                        1. 1985-1988: taught Mathematics and Computer Science at Texas College
                          1. Continued teaching at Texas College as a visiting professor
      2. Later Years
        1. 1970: married for the second time
          1. 1984: retired from California State University
            1. Moved to a 16 acre farm where they sold eggs from their 800 chickens
        2. Youth & Studies
          1. Graduated high school as valedictorian
            1. 1945: B.A. in mathematics at Smith College
              1. 1946: M.A. Mathematics Yale University
                1. 1949: Ph.D. Mathematics Yale University
                  1. 1989: honorary Ph.D. from Smith College
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