Marion Elizabeth Stark (23 Aug 1894[1] – 15 April 1982)[2] was an American mathematician. She was one of the first women to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics.[3]
Marion Elizabeth Stark | |
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| Born | August 23, 1894 |
| Died | April 15, 1982 (aged 87) |
| Resting place | Norwich, Connecticut |
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| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Wellesley College |
| Thesis | A Self-Adjoint Boundary value Problem Associated with a Problem of the Calculus of Variations (1926) |
| Doctoral advisors | Leonard Eugene Dickson, Gilbert Ames Bliss |
Education and career
She got her A.B. in 1916, and her A.M. in 1917, both from Brown University.[4] In 1917, she became the professor of mathematics Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina. In autumn 1919, she started teaching in Wellesley College as a part-time instructor, while attending courses of Helen Abbot Merrill and Mabel M. Young.[5][6] In the 1923 summer quarter, and, supported by a fellowship, in autumn 1924 through summer 1925, she studied at the University of Chicago[4] where she received her Ph.D. in 1926.[3][7][8]
In 1927, she was appointed assistant professor of mathematics at Wellesley,[9][10] in 1936, she was promoted to an associate professor there.[11] In 1945, she was promoted to a professorship;[12] in 1946, she became Chairman of the Department.[13] In 1960, she retired from Wellesley after 40 years, her last rank being a Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor of Mathematics.[3][14]
Recognition
Stark was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1938.[15]
References
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