19XX-20XX
Who is......
Marjorie Lee Browne
1914
Created by : Nehalia Giddings
1914
Marjorie Lee Browne, the daughter of Lawrence Johnson Lee, a railway postal clerk, and Mary Taylor Lee, was born on September 9, 1914, in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
1916
After her mother died unexpectedly in 1916, her father married Lottie Lee, a schoolteacher, who raised her.
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1935
She then enrolled in Howard University in Washington, D.C., using a combination of loans and scholarships, and graduated with honors in 1935 with a major in mathematics.
1935
1939
She decided to pursue higher education and enrolled at the University of Michigan, which, unlike other universities, allowed African-Americans, getting her master's degree in mathematics in 1939.
1942
In 1942, she began teaching at Marshall, Texas's black Wiley College, while still working on her PhD research at the University of Michigan over the summers.
1947
1947-1949
In1947, she became a teaching fellow, therefore giving full-time to her research and earned her doctoral degree in mathematics in 1949.
1951-1970
She began teaching at North Carolina College (now North Carolina Central University) in Durham in 1951 and quickly rose through the ranks to become Chair of the Mathematics Department, a position she held from 1951 until 1970.
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19XX-20XX
continuation
1952
1952-1953
Her continual desire to learn led to her receiving grants and scholarships to further her education. In 1952-53, she received a Ford Foundation fellowship to study combinatorial topology at Cambridge University.
1955
'A Note on the Classical Groups,' a paper written by Marjorie on the importance of topological features and the relationships between some classical groups, was published in the American Mathematics Monthly in 1955.
1957-1974
1957
Sets, Logic, and Mathematical Thought (1957), Introduction to Linear Algebra (1959), Elementary Matrix Algebra (1969), and Algebraic Structures (1974) were the only lecture notes she wrote for this program.
999
1960
On understanding the importance of computer science in the expanding tech-world, she wrote and secured a $60,000 grant from IBM in 1960 to construct an electronic digital computer center at North Carolina College — the first at a black school.
1911
1960-
On understanding the importance of computer science in the expanding tech-world, she wrote and secured a $60,000 grant from IBM in 1960 to construct an electronic digital computer center at North Carolina College — the first at a black school.
During the years1965-66, she was awarded funding to study differential topology at Columbia University.
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CONTINUATION 2
1965
1965
During the years1965-66, she was awarded funding to study differential topology at Columbia University.
1975
Browne received the first W.W. Rankin Memorial Award from the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCCTM) in 1974 for her contributions to mathematics.
1987
Marjorie Lee Browne,65, died of a heart attack at her home in Durham, North Carolina, on October19, 1979.
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19XX-20XX
Who is......
Marjorie Lee Browne
1914
Created by : Nehalia Giddings
1914
Marjorie Lee Browne, the daughter of Lawrence Johnson Lee, a railway postal clerk, and Mary Taylor Lee, was born on September 9, 1914, in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
1916
After her mother died unexpectedly in 1916, her father married Lottie Lee, a schoolteacher, who raised her.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
1935
She then enrolled in Howard University in Washington, D.C., using a combination of loans and scholarships, and graduated with honors in 1935 with a major in mathematics.
1935
1939
She decided to pursue higher education and enrolled at the University of Michigan, which, unlike other universities, allowed African-Americans, getting her master's degree in mathematics in 1939.
1942
In 1942, she began teaching at Marshall, Texas's black Wiley College, while still working on her PhD research at the University of Michigan over the summers.
1947
1947-1949
In1947, she became a teaching fellow, therefore giving full-time to her research and earned her doctoral degree in mathematics in 1949.
1951-1970
She began teaching at North Carolina College (now North Carolina Central University) in Durham in 1951 and quickly rose through the ranks to become Chair of the Mathematics Department, a position she held from 1951 until 1970.
LOREM IPSUM DOLOR
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19XX-20XX
continuation
1952
1952-1953
Her continual desire to learn led to her receiving grants and scholarships to further her education. In 1952-53, she received a Ford Foundation fellowship to study combinatorial topology at Cambridge University.
1955
'A Note on the Classical Groups,' a paper written by Marjorie on the importance of topological features and the relationships between some classical groups, was published in the American Mathematics Monthly in 1955.
1957-1974
1957
Sets, Logic, and Mathematical Thought (1957), Introduction to Linear Algebra (1959), Elementary Matrix Algebra (1969), and Algebraic Structures (1974) were the only lecture notes she wrote for this program.
999
1960
On understanding the importance of computer science in the expanding tech-world, she wrote and secured a $60,000 grant from IBM in 1960 to construct an electronic digital computer center at North Carolina College — the first at a black school.
1911
1960-
On understanding the importance of computer science in the expanding tech-world, she wrote and secured a $60,000 grant from IBM in 1960 to construct an electronic digital computer center at North Carolina College — the first at a black school.
During the years1965-66, she was awarded funding to study differential topology at Columbia University.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
www.loremipsum.com
CONTINUATION 2
1965
1965
During the years1965-66, she was awarded funding to study differential topology at Columbia University.
1975
Browne received the first W.W. Rankin Memorial Award from the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCCTM) in 1974 for her contributions to mathematics.
1987
Marjorie Lee Browne,65, died of a heart attack at her home in Durham, North Carolina, on October19, 1979.
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