Rose Whelan Sedgewick
| Rose Whelan Sedgewick | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Rose Alice Whelan Brockton, MA, USA |
| Died |
7 June 2000 (aged 96) Dunedin, FL, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions |
University of Rochester University of Connecticut Hillyer College University of Maryland |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
| Doctoral advisor | Jacob David Tamarkin |
Rose Whelan Sedgewick (circa 1904 – 2000) was a 20th-century mathematician. She was the first person to earn a PhD in mathematics from Brown University, in 1929.[1] Her subsequent career in mathematics included assistant professorships at the University of Rochester, the University of Connecticut, Hillyer College, and the University of Maryland.[2]
Sedgewick is the namesake of the Rose Whelan Society at Brown, an organization of women graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in mathematics.[3] She was married to fellow mathematician Charles H.W. Sedgewick and had four children.[4] She died on June 7, 2000 at the age of 96.[2]
Professional honors
References
- ↑ "Obituaries". Brown Alumni Magazine. September–October 2000. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- 1 2 "St. Petersburg Times Obituaries". St. Petersburg Times. 13 June 2000. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ↑ "Rose Whelan Society at Brown University". Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ↑ Green, Judy; Jeanne LaDuke (2009). Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhD's. American Mathematical Society. p. 68. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
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