Lida Barrett

Lida Kittrell Barrett
Born May 21, 1927 (1927-05-21) (age 90)
Houston, TX, USA
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania
Doctoral advisor J. R. Kline
Notable awards Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

Lida Kittrell Barrett (born May 21, 1927) is an American mathematician and educator.

Life

She was born in Houston, Texas on May 21, 1927. She earned her baccalaureate, masters, and doctorate degrees in mathematics from Rice University, the University of Texas, and the University of Pennsylvania, respectively.[1]

Career

She taught briefly at the Texas State College for Women in Denton.[2]

Honors and awards

From 1979 to 1982, Barrett chaired the American Mathematical Society's Committee on Employment and Educational Policy. She was the second woman president of the Mathematical Association of America.[1] She is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lida Barrett". Biographies of Women Mathematicians. Agnes Scott College. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Murray, Margaret A.M. (2001). "Graduate School as Obstacle Course: The Case of Lida Barrett". Women Becoming Mathematicians: Creating a Professional Identity in Post-World War II America (1st ed.). Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. pp. 138–140. ISBN 978-0-262-63246-1.
  3. ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2014-06-07.
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