MOTW - Marjorie Brown

Mathematician of the day is Marjorie Lee Browne, 1914-1979

Gifted African-American mathematician and educator Marjorie Lee Browne was one of the first African-American women to gain a doctorate in math. She joined the faculty at North Carolina Central University, shortly after obtaining her Ph.D, where she taught for over thirty years. She was named chair of the Mathematics Department there in 1951, which allowed her to guide the way for some of the earliest computer use in her field.