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Shirley McBay, Pioneering Mathematician, Is Dead at 86

December 15, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Shirley McBay, Pioneering Mathematician, Is Dead at 86 [NY Times Obituary – paywall] The first Black student to receive a doctorate from the University of Georgia, she devoted her life to advocating for diversity in science and math education. By Clay Risen Dec. 14, 2021 “Left unattended, the resulting resegregation of U.S. education will ensure … [Read more…]

Posted in: Obituaries, Politics, Racism, Science Tagged: 1964, African-American, Black students, chemistry, M.I.T., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, mathematician, mathematics, Ph.D., Quality Education for Minorities, resegregation, Segregation, Shirley McBay, Spelman College, students of color

Fernando Corbató Dies at 93

July 16, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Fernando Corbató, whose work on computer time-sharing in the 1960s helped pave the way for the personal computer, as well as the computer password, died on Friday at a nursing home in Newburyport, Mass. He was 93.

Posted in: Faits Divers, Obituaries, Science, Thinking about Tagged: A. M. Turing Award, Bell Laboratories, computer, Fernando Corbató, M.I.T., personal computer, time-sharing

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