Evelyn Boyd Granville
Personal Information
Born: 1924
Died: 2023
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Black
Education
Smith College BA Mathematics & Physics 1945; Yale University PhD Mathematics 1949
Professional Life
Field of Study: Mathematics; Computer Science
Institution/Corporation: NASA; IBM; Dow Chemical
Degrees & Memberships: Honorary Degree: Smith College (1989), Spelman College (2006), Yale University, Lincoln University; Member: Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2000, Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, Yale Graduate School Alumni Association; 1998, National Academy of Engineering Honoree; 1999, inducted into the Portrait Collection of African-Americans in Science, US National Academy of Sciences; 2016, named 1 of 4 Giants of Women s Contributions to Science & Technology, New Relic s Mount Codemore Initiative; 2019, Black History Month Honoree, Mathematically Gifted & Black
Achievements: 2nd African-American woman to receive a PhD in Mathematics from an American University; created software to analyze satellite orbits for NASA Space Program; 1st woman to receive an Honorary Doctorate given by an American College to an African-American woman in mathematics (from Smith College 1989);worked on various projects for the Apollo program; developed elementary school math enrichment programs in Texas; 1952-56, research on the development of missile fuses at National Bureau of Standards
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