Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes

Born: 1890

Died: 1980

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: Black

Miner Normal School for Colored Girls Degree in Education 1909; Smith College BA Mathematics 1914; University of Chicago MA Education 1930; Catholic University of America PhD Mathematics 1943

Field of Study: Mathematics

Institution/Corporation: Catholic Church

Degrees & Memberships: Member: DC Board of Education (1960, President 1966),Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, Advisory Board of Fides Neighborhood House, on the Committee of International Social Welfare,Eexecutive Committee of the National Social Welfare Assembly, DC Health & Welfare Council, United Services Organization, National Conference of Christians & Jews, Catholic Interracial Council of DC, National Urban League, NAACP, League of Women Voters, American Association of University Women, Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science

Awards: 1959, Papal Meda Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice

Achievements: First African-American woman to earn a PhD in Mathematics; co-founded the Catholic Interracial Council of DC; 1st female to chair the DC Board of Education;