Majorie Lee Browne

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11th grade Math Mind Map on Majorie Lee Browne, created by Joseph Gianotti on 05/03/2021.
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Majorie Lee Browne
  1. Basic Info
    1. b. 1914, Memphis, TN; d. 1979.
    2. Teacher & Researcher
      1. following 1935 graduation, she taught mathematics and physics at Gilbert Academy in New Orleans
        1. 1942-1945: a member of the teaching staff at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas
          1. During summer breaks she would work on her doctorate at the University of Michigan
            1. 1949: joined the faculty of Mathematics at North Carolina Central University
              1. 1951: became chair of the Mathematics department
                1. Remained chair until 1970 and retired in 1979
            2. Only kept this position for one year
          2. Later Life
            1. She passed away on October 19, 1979, in Durham North Carolina of a heart attack
            2. Youth & Studies
              1. one of the first black women in the United States to earn a Ph.D.
                1. 1935: received her B.S. degree from Howard University in Washington D.C.
                  1. 1939: M.A. in Mathematics at the University of Michigan
                    1. 1949: requirements for her Ph.D. were met (graduation in 1950)
              2. Major Contributions
                1. 1960: she brought one of the first computers in academic computing to NCCU ( a historically black school)
                  1. General work focused mostly on linear and matrix algebra
                    1. Work on classical groups demonstrated simple proofs of important topological properties of and relations between classical groups
                      1. She established summer institutes to provide continuing mathematical education to high school teachers
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