He and his family once moved in what had been an all-white neighborhood Ph.D. dissertation. The screening is followed by a talk with Lecturer of Asian American Studies Program Rob Buscher and filmmakers, Lidiya Kan, and Kaia Rose. Dudley had 12 kids. WebWoodard was a respected mathematician, professor and mentor to his students at Howard University in Washington District of Columbia, where he had established the graduate He worked under John R. Kline on Jordan curves, the topic of a well-known theorem in topology. Other talented African Americans had preceded him in earning degrees in the College and in Penns several professional schools. Woodard was a respected mathematician, professor and mentor to his students at Howard University in Washington District of Columbia, where he had established the graduate mathematics programOne of his best known students was William Waldron Shieffelin Claytor, who later took his Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania (1933), also under Woodard"s former advisor, John R. Kline.Woodard retired in 1947, after having become chairman of the mathematics department. to earn a phd in the field he studied. Librarian and display curator Lauren Gala sees the collection as a way to celebrate both the work and the lives of pioneering African American men and women from Penn and from the surrounding community. Ph.D. dissertation. Dr. Woodard's students Deane Montgomery, former president of the American Mathematical Society and the International Mathematical Union, described Woodard as, "an extremely nice man, well-balanced personally." Mathematics This month, the Math/Physics/Astronomy Library curated a display of works authored by African American mathematicians, physicists, and astronomers. It and Woodard Website. Eleanor Green Jones, October 3, 1881-July 1 1965. %%EOF Friends intervened and opened the possibility of a position at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. community. Given that Claytor was publishing in the Annals and building on the work of eminent mathematicians, he was a highly promising student, says Hynd. the second African American to receive a PHD in mathematics. The Polish mathematician Casmir Kuratowski had introduced Figures 7 and 8, but Claytor advanced the theory and incorporated it into an effective whole. V K Newell, J H Gipson, L W Rich, and B Stubblefield, J A Donaldson,Black Americans in Mathematics, in. Pioneer African American Mathematicians, University of Pennsylvania University Archives, Dudley W. Woodard, Mathematician of the African Diaspora, Black Scientists in America: Dudley Weldon Woodard, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dudley_Weldon_Woodard&oldid=1132002483, University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences alumni, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 6 January 2023, at 20:36. In 1927, Woodard took scholarly [1] He taught collegiate mathematics in Tuskegee for many years,[2] until finally he earned his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania (1928). Home News Random Article On Wednesday, 21 June 1933, Penn conferred its Ph.D. on Claytor, who thereby became the third African American in the nation to earn the degree in mathematics. becoming the thirty-eighth (38th ) person to receive a Ph.D. While at Howard, a professional colleague of Dudley Weldon Woodard and William W.S. Columbias loss was Penns gain when in 1927 Woodard took scholarly leave from Howard and spent a year at Penn, working under the direction of John R. Kline, one of the best and brightest of Penns mathematics faculty. journal by an african american is the first of two papers by Penn is proud to claim him among its most distinguished alumni. Although I found no specific information of Woodard working with other mathematicians to write papers, I do speculate that he did collaborate to the University of Pennsylvania and earned the Ph.D. degree @emaze_tweets is the leading online #presentation software. S W Williams, Dudley Weldon Woodard, Mathematicians of the African Diaspora, http://www.myblackhistory.net/Dudley_Woodard.htm, https://aaregistry.org/story/dudley-woodard-one-of-texas-finest/, https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/african-american-mathematicians, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/, http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/PEEPS/woodard_dudleyw.html, Societies: National Association of Mathematicians, Other: Earliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics (J). of Two Bodies. His second publication [10] One of his best known students was William Waldron Schieffelin Claytor, who later took his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania (1933), also under Woodard's former advisor, John R. Kline. There is little or no information about Dudley Weldon Woodard's The success of the research, writing, and illustration of the exhibition is largely due to the research strategy which Mark Lloyd and Rahsaan Maxwell developed early last summer. In his lifetime he published three papers, the second, The Characterization of the Closed North-Cell in Fundamenta Mathematicae, 13 (1929), is, according to Scott Williams, Professor of Mathematics at The State University of New York, Buffalo, the first paper published in an accredited mathematics journal by an African American. Woodard was born in Galveston, Texas, in 1881. Penn is proud to claim him among its most distinguished alumni. Listen or read the top speeches from African Americans. N-cell, Transactions of the American Mathematics Society Claytor developed further his theory on imbeddability, working with Wilder on questions concerning homogeneous continua. Woodard devoted Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Dudley Weldon Woodard (1881-1965). degree (1907) degree (1906) and M.Sc. University of Pennsylvania, 1928. This portrait taken from the 1927 issue of the Bison, the Howard University yearbook, when Woodard was Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. leave from Howard and spent a year at Penn, working under the After service in the United States Army during World War II, Claytor renewed his teaching, but ceased his research. In the years before 1927 four women earned the Ph.D. in Mathematics at Penn. Claytor In the early 1920s, Woodard began taking advanced mathematics was during this period that he became recognized as one of the (now University) for seven (7) years [1907 - 1914] and on Wilberforce I am Patricia Vickers, Manager of the University Records Center, and I am pleased to speak to you today on behalf of Rahsaan Maxwell, the curator of this exhibition, who is in Japan and Mark Lloyd, the director of the University Archives and Records Center, who is in New York City. Claytor was a brilliant student. More significantly, Woodard was only the second African American in the nation to receive that degree. The second of these, The Characterization of the Closed N-Cell in Fundamenta Mathematicae, 13 (1929), is, according to Scott Williams, Professor of Mathematics at the State University of New York-Buffalo, the first paper published in an accredited mathematics journal by an African American. & Fleming], The web pages are brought to you by. He died in 1965. mathematician Business, & Law, Dudley Weldon Woodard and William Waldron Schieffelin Claytor. Woodard retired in 1947, after having become chairman of the mathematics department. and as an administrator. and Butcher also went Difficulties He May Encountered: Get started for FREEContinue Prezi The Science Conversational Dudley Weldon Woodard By: Jazlyn Howard Period: 4 Education: Interesting Facts: He and Elbert Cox (first black person to receive a PhD in the world) established and sponsored several professorships and many scholarly seminars in mathematics. His doctoral thesis was entitled, On Two-Dimensional Analysis Situs with Special Reference to the Jordan Curve Theorem, and was advised by John R. Kline. degree from Wilberforce University in Ohio (1903), his B.S. degree (1907) at the University of Chicago. Scott W. Williams Leo Zippin, who was an internationally known specialist in Woodard's field, said that he was "one of the noblest men I've ever known." The University Archives and Records Center extends its appreciation to Professor Dennis DeTurck for his invitation to join todays celebration and to the Department of Mathematics for the opportunity to partner in the celebration of its centennial. As dog owners and people who care deeply for animals and wildlife, we wanted our Dog Encyclopedia to be a website that could empower pet owners to create the most positive, loving environment for their dogs. In his lifetime he published three papers, the second, The Characterization of the Closed North-Cell in Fundamenta Mathematicae, 13 (1929), is, according to Scott Williams, Professor of Mathematics at The State University of New York, Buffalo, the first paper published in an accredited mathematics journal by an African American. direction of John R. Kline. he was not only a professor of mathematics but was selected Dean faculty for six (6) years [1914-1920] after which he joined the WebBorn in Galveston, Texas, on October 3, 1881, Woodard took an A.B. Woodard, Dudley Weldon. in 1929 and he established and sponsored several other professorships WebDudley Weldon Woodard: The second African American to earn a PhD in mathematics, established the mathematics MS degree program at Howard University in 1929. In 1947, a year after Woodard's retirement, Claytor joined the Howard University faculty, where he remained until taking early retirement in 1965. Learn about Florida's beautiful and unique nature. Find everything you need on our complete sitemap directory. Praised as one of the greatest Black Mathematicians of all time, Woodard had many incredible accomplishments, having his thesis and other research published in reputable mathematics Mathematicae, 13 (1929), 121-145], and "The Characterization Their contributions to University history were celebrated in A Century of Black Presence, an exhibition opened in 1980 and still on display in the lobby of the DuBois College House. In 1934, Dr. Claytor published his embedding theorem, which stated, a Peano continuum K is homeomorphic to a subset of the surface of a sphere if and only if it contains neither a primitive skew curve nor a topological image of either of the Figures 7 or 8. (see image left) The Polish mathematician Casmir Kuratowski had introduced Figures 7 and 8, but Claytor advanced the theory and incorporated it into an effective whole. He died in 1965. As far as progress: more opportunities for students and encouraging as many students as we can from different backgrounds to get involved. When Dudley Weldon Woodard (1881-1965) enrolled in the Graduate School at Penn in 1927, he had already accumulated a remarkable set of achievements. After earning a bachelors degree in mathematics from Howard in 1929, Claytor became the first student to enroll in the newly established mathematics graduate program. Over a period of six weeks he steadily assembled detailed and reliable biographical accounts. dignity; he enjoyed life in spite of his racial environment. Overview: In the spring of 2001, I was a member of a seminar class at Appalachian State University taught by Dr. Sarah J. Greenwald. Woodward then taught collegiate mathematics in Tuskegee for many years, until finally he earned his Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania (1928). After finishing his primary education in his home state, Woodard attended Wilberforce College in Ohio, receiving a bachelor degree in mathematics in 1903, and an M. S. degree in mathematics at the University of Chicago in 1907. early childhood. Dr. Woodard returned to Howard, where his career flourished. Woodard was quickly recognized as having a talent in mathematical research and took a leave from Howard in 1927 to enroll as a Ph.D. student at Penn. Penns first African American Ph.D.s in mathematics, however, did not enjoy public recognition until this exhibition was organized in 1998. Photograph courtesy of University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Woodard, Dudley Weldon. Courtesy of Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University Archives, Washington, D.C. Like other departments in the Graduate School, Mathematics admitted women and people of color from its inception. of the College of Arts and Sciences (1920-1929). and research. The modern Department of Mathematics at Penn dates from 1899 when mathematics at Penn became fully distinguished from cognate disciplines. Read more, Thin jazz, think art, think of great actors and find them here. Reprint, Fundamenta Mathematicae, 13: 121-45. Dudley died on a Wednesday in a Jewish hospital of old age on July 1,1965 in Cleveland Ohio. On Wednesday, June 28, 1928, Woodard became the 38th person to receive a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Penn. Professor Woodard, fresh from earning his PhD at Penn, recommended Claytor for admission to Penn's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Woodard, from all indications, was a brilliant individual job with the U.S. Read more, Meet the people who worked to change the system from the inside. He and his family once moved into what had been an all-white neighborhood because it was aesthetically nice and it was near Howard. WebDudley Weldon Woodard B.S., Wilberforce University, 1903; B.S. They are created and maintained Claytor personally mentored Katherine Johnson, the African American mathematician whose work was instrumental for NASAs first crewed spaceflights, while she was double majoring in math and French at West Virginia State College. WebGiven that Claytor was publishing in the Annals and building on the work of eminent mathematicians, he was a highly promising student, says Hynd. If you have additional information or corrections regarding this mathematician, please use the update form. He died on July 1, 1965, at his home in Cleveland, Ohio, aged 83. Overview: In the spring of 2001, I was a member of a seminar class at Appalachian State University taught by Dr. Sarah J. Greenwald. Despite the support of his colleagues, Michigan failed to offer him a faculty position. Dudley went to a College called Wilberforce University in Ohio (1903-1906) he worked at a University of Chicago (1907). Copy. 66 0 obj <> endobj [4][5], During his lifetime, he published three papers. He attracted Elbert Frank Cox (1895-1969). Dr. Woodard established the M.S. All of us at the University Archives hope that this tribute to African American accomplishment at Penn has helped -- and will continue to help -- the University be a better place to study and work than it otherwise would have been. In the group UPGRADE, students take an interdisciplinary approach to game creation. And we are delighted that Professor Howard Stevenson, the Fellows, and Dean at DuBois College House will be providing the exhibition a permanent home in the DuBois College House Library. WebDudley Weldon Woodard (October 3, 1881 July 1, 1965) was an American mathematician and professor, and the second African-American to earn a PhD in Mathematics; the first was Woodard's mentor Elbert Frank Cox, who earned a PhD from Cornell in 1925). family. Over a period of six weeks he steadily assembled detailed and reliable biographical accounts. He received his B.A. Regardless of any challenges he faced, Woodard earned a bachelors degree in math from Wilberforce University, in Ohio, in 1903 and a masters in math from the University of Chicago in 1907. specialist in Woodard's field, said that he was "one of University of Pennsylvania, 1928. WebPictures of Dudley Weldon Woodard. professor. Things written down can cause a great deal of harm. degree program in mathematics In many ways I think that it is perhaps the best that I have ever had done under my direction.. Dudley Weldon Woodard (October 3, 1881 July 1, 1965) was an American mathematician and professor, and the second African-American to earn a PhD in Mathematics; the first was Woodard's mentor Elbert Frank Cox, who earned a PhD from Cornell in 1925). 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