“We accepted education as the means to rise above the limitations that a prejudiced society endeavored to place upon us.” – Evelyn Boyd Granville
Point #1
Born on May 1, 1924, in Washington, D.C. Her father, William, held a variety of jobs, including custodian, chauffeur and messenger for the FBI; her mother, Julia, became a currency inspector for the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing after splitting from her husband.
Point #2
Second black woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics, from Yale University in 1949 (after Euphemia Lofton Haynes, who earned a mathematics Ph.D. in 1943).
Point #3
In 1970 Boyd married Edward V. Granville, and in 1984 she retired from CSULA so that the two could move to Tyler, Texas. There, she was offered a job at Texas College where she taught until 1988. In 1990 Granville was appointed to the Sam A. Lindsey Chair of the Mathematics Department at the University of Texas, Tyler. Granville taught there between 1991 and 1997 before she retired.
Point #4
Boyd was hired at Fisk University in Tennessee as an associate professor. She stayed at Fisk for two years before launching a career in government and private industry.
Point #5
Between 1952 and 1967 she worked for the National Standards Bureau, IBM, NASA, the North American Aviation Company, and finally at IBM again. In 1967, after a divorce, she retired from industry to take a job as a professor at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA).
Works cited
Evelyn Boyd Granville – Mathematician, Educator – Biography
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