STEM – Mathematics – General Mathematics
Clyde Foster (1931-2017)
Clyde Foster, scientist and mathematician, was a significant figure who worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). His...
David Rice Hedgley Jr. (1937- )
Pioneering computer scientist and mathematician David R. Hedgley Jr., hailed as the “Father of 3D Graphics” was born in Chicago,...
Gladys Mae West (1930- )
Dr. Gladys West is a mathematician whose calculations and computer programming helped construct a geoid (a mathematical model of the...
Annie J. Easley (1933-2011)
Mathematician Annie J. Easley was born on April 23, 1933 in Birmingham, Alabama to Samuel and Mary Easley. Easley grew...
Floyd Leroy Williams (1939- )
Mathematician Floyd Leroy Williams was born on September 20, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended his local schools, and...
Gloria Conyers Hewitt (1935- )
Born October 26, 1935 in Sumter, South Carolina, Gloria Conyers Hewitt grew up persistent. Her father, Emmett C. Conyers, and...
Albert T. Bharucha-Reid (1927-1985)
Albert Turner Reid, born in Hampton, Virginia, November 13, 1927, the son of William Thaddeus Reid and Mae Elaine Beamon Reid,...
Vivienne Malone-Mayes (1932-1995)
Born February 10, 1932, Vivienne Malone-Mayes was the fifth African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics. Malone-Mayes grew up in Waco, Texas,...
Eunice Gray Smith (1923-2006)
An accomplished mathematician, Eunice Gray Smith was among the first African American women hired to work at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical...
