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Evelyn Boyd Granville
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11th grade Math Mind Map on Evelyn Boyd Granville, created by Joseph Gianotti on 04/03/2021.
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Evelyn Boyd Granville
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b. 1924, Washington, DC.
Was known for the improvements she made to African Americans' and women’s obtainable education
Teacher & Researcher
1950: Associate Professor of Mathematics at Fisk University
Taught two students who would become the seventh and eleventh African American women to receive their Ph.D. in mathematics
1952: left academia & worked for the Diamond Ordnance Fuze Laboratories as an applied mathematician
1956- 1960: worked for IBM on the Project Vanguard and Project Mercury space programs
Made real time calculations during satellite launchings, analyzed orbits and developed computer procedures
1962: became a research specialist at the North American Aviation Space and Information Systems division
Worked on celestial mechanics, trajectory and orbit computation, numerical analysis, and digital computer techniques for the Apollo program
1963: returned to IBM as a senior mathematician
1967: began teaching again at California State University
1985-1988: taught Mathematics and Computer Science at Texas College
Continued teaching at Texas College as a visiting professor
Later Years
1970: married for the second time
1984: retired from California State University
Moved to a 16 acre farm where they sold eggs from their 800 chickens
Youth & Studies
Graduated high school as valedictorian
1945: B.A. in mathematics at Smith College
1946: M.A. Mathematics Yale University
1949: Ph.D. Mathematics Yale University
1989: honorary Ph.D. from Smith College
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