Marjorie Lee Brown
Personal Information
Born: 1914
Died: 1979
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Black
Education
BS Mathematics, Howard University, 1935; MA Mathematics 1939, PhD Mathematics, University of Michigan
Professional Life
Field of Study: Mathematics educator
Institution/Corporation: Ford Foundation
Degrees & Memberships: Member: NSF Faculty Fellow; Women s Research Society, American National Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association of America, International Congress of Mathematicians
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 1974, W.W.Rankin Memorial Award, North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Ford Foundation Fellowship
Achievements: 3rd African american to receive PhD in Mathematics; secured 1st computers & computer lab for a Black College with funds from IBM, 1960; studied field of topology; 1st African American member of the advisory council to NSF
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