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