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