Other talented African Americans had preceded him in earning degrees in the College and in Penns several professional schools. By the time it is removed next month for delivery to DuBois College House, the exhibit will have enjoyed a full six-month run here at the David Rittenhouse Laboratory. But something had changed within him and he declined the offer. Photograph courtesy of Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University Archives, Washington, D.C. John Robert Kline (1891-1955). While at Howard, a professional colleague of Dudley Weldon Woodard and William W.S. journal by an african american is the first of two papers by Things written down can cause a great deal of harm. College Hall, University of Pennsylvania, housed the Department of Mathematics from its inception in 1899 until the Departments move to the David Rittenhouse Laboratory Building in 1954. excellent Claytor Photograph courtesy of the National Association of Mathematicians, Claytor, Schieffelin. How do we create a persons profile? 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. he was not only a professor of mathematics but was selected Dean Woodard retired in 1947, after having become chairman of the mathematics department. Wilder and a group of talented topologists. George Butcher, Marjorie Lee Browne, Claytor developed further his theory on imbeddability, working with Wilder on questions concerning homogeneous continua. Woodards Ph.D. thesis was the first research paper published in an accredited mathematics journal by an African American, and Woodard became only the second African American to earn a Ph.D. in math. In the years before 1927 four women earned the Ph.D. in Mathematics at Penn. He received his B.A. This On Wednesday, 28 June 1928, Woodard became the 38th person to receive a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Penn. 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. Claytor told meI guess I was a freshman, he said, youd make a good research mathematician. I said, what do they do? He said, youll have to find that out. But he said, Im going to prepare you to be a research mathematician. Johnson said in a 2012 interview for The History Makers.. 1940. A.B., Indiana University, 1918; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1924. He attained he PHD from Penn in 1928. Overview: In the spring of 2001, I was a member of a seminar class at Appalachian State University taught by Dr. Sarah J. Greenwald. WebDr. In 1896 Lewis Baxter Moore was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. at Penn, taking his degree in Classics. (1906) and an M.S. WebPictures of Dudley Weldon Woodard. 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. hb```g``jc`e`( @16-q}J5na`NH1,-2mcpqGQOK.Wco ttt400V )t d(W@ @b%b| =m9D&2drgh8XE. mathematics journal by an African American. That period was very difficult for Blacks who On site, in the District of Columbia and Baltimore, respectively, Rahsaan interviewed former colleagues of both men and obtained copies of primary source materials found in the university archives at both institutions. The State University of New York at Buffalo. Collections of the University Archives and Records Center, University of Pennsylvania, Mark Frazier LloydDirector University Archives and Records Center, With grateful acknowledgment of assistance from David Blackwell of the Department of Statistics, University of California at Berkeley; Lee Lorch of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University (Canada); George H. Butcher, Jr., James A. Donaldson, and Ralph B. Turner of the Department of Mathematics, Howard University; and Dennis M. DeTurck, Gerald J. Porter, Stephen S. Shatz, and Frank W. Warner of the Department of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania. Courtesy of University of Pennsylvania Libraries. But something had changed within him and he declined the offer. Professional mathematicians began to refer to these Figures as "Claytor curves." While there is little information about his childhood, segregation and a separate but equal doctrine likely made it difficult for any African Americans who sought higher education. a brilliant mathematician, but a man of high intelligence and 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. He was community. degree students. On Wednesday, June 28, 1928, Woodard became the 38th person to receive a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Penn. He used the phrase, "black is In the area of research, Dr. Woodard published three papers; In the early 1920s he began taking advanced mathematics courses in the summer sessions at Columbia University. The class, Claytor, who taught at West Virginia State College after graduation, was, however, unable to pursue a career in research due to racism. degree from Wilberforce University in Ohio (1903), his B.S. Home News Random Article The class, Women and Minorities in Mathematics, took a closer look at mathematics and the contribution of women and minorities to the field. He died in 1965. mathematician All Rights Reserved. Roxana Hayward Vivian was the first woman to earn the Ph.D., taking her degree in 1901 and later becoming Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Wellesley College. Woodard was a respected mathematician, professor and mentor to his students at Howard University in Washington DC, where he established the masters program in mathematics. Member of the Mathematics faculty at Howard University, 1929-1961. Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the National Association of Mathematicians (1980). 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. Woodards teacher at Penn, Professor John R. Kline, agreed to advise Claytor. In the years before 1927 four women earned the Ph.D. in Mathematics at Penn. The film is a project of the Annenberg Classroom. He worked under John R. Kline on Jordan curves, the topic of a well-known theorem in topology. [Donaldson 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). degree and an M.S. He died on July 1, 1965, at his home in Cleveland, Ohio, aged 83. of Chicago where he received a B.S. He also established a mathematics library at Howard. The modern Department of Mathematics at Penn dates from 1899 when mathematics at Penn became fully distinguished from cognate disciplines. Dudley Weldon Woodard (1881-1965). degree (1907) at the University of Chicago. It Woodard retired in 1947, after having become chairman of the mathematics department. can possibly be attributed to the fact that Woodard's father All too often, Photograph courtesy of James A. Donaldson, "Black Americans in Mathematics," in Peter Duren, ed., A Century of Mathematics in America, Part III (Providence, Rhode Island: American Mathematical Society, 1989), at page 452. On Wednesday, 28 June 1928, Woodard became the 38th person to receive a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Penn. "On Two-Dimensional Analysis Situs With Special Reference To The Jordan Curve Theorem." Dave Dudley died on December 22, 2003 at the age of 75. Woodard and Claytor attended classes here and in Bennett Hall, where the Mathematics Research Library was located. Courtesy of University of Pennsylvania Libraries. 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. WebMathematical Union described Woodard as, an extremely nice man, well balanced personally He was also regarded by Leo Zippin, who was an internationally known Dudley Woodard devoted his entire professional life to the promotion of excellence in mathematics through the advancement of his students, teaching and research. N-cell, Transactions of the American Mathematics Society 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. We thank you for the opportunity to be here today. He died on July 1, 1965, at his home in Cleveland, Ohio, aged 83.[1][11][12][13][14]. Woodard's teacher at Penn, Professor John R. Kline, agreed to advise Claytor. Difficulties He May Encountered: Get started for FREEContinue Prezi The Science Conversational Woodard received the Ph.D. in mathematics endstream endobj startxref In 1947, a year after Woodards retirement, Claytor joined the Howard University faculty, where he remained until taking early retirement in 1965. Prior to this exhibition, the extraordinary achievements of Dudley Woodard and William Claytor were virtually unknown at Penn. [3] His doctoral thesis was entitled, On Two-Dimensional Analysis Situs with Special Reference to the Jordan Curve Theorem, and was advised by John R. and as an administrator. Always the scholar, Weldon earned numerous degrees and was the second African American to receive a PHD in mathematics. Additionally, he was apparently highly Like other departments in the Graduate School, Mathematics admitted women and people of color from its inception. were seeking an education (see Plessy vs Ferguson). More significantly, Woodard was only the second African American in the nation to receive that degree. "On Two-Dimensional Analysis Situs With Special Reference To The Jordan Curve Theorem." Dudley Weldon Woodard was born October 3, 1881 in Galveston, Texas. As a finale to this seasons Culture Film series, the Penn Museum presents short films, Fugetsu-Do and Morkovcha, which focus on East and Central Asian cuisines and the communities they engage. (1907) University B.S., Wilberforce University, 1903; B.S. When Dudley Woodard enrolled in the Graduate School at Penn in 1927, he had already accumulated a remarkable set of achievements. When he retired in 1947 as chairman of the department, he had led Howard's mathematics faculty through a quarter century of steady advancement. described Woodard as, "an extremely nice man, well-balanced We also wish to thank Professor Jerry Porter, who conceived the Woodard / Claytor exhibition and whose determination played a large part in bringing it to fruition. He dedicated his entire life to Claytor was a brilliant student. 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. Dudley died on a Wednesday in a Jewish hospital of old age on July 1,1965 in Cleveland Ohio. Webinternationally known specialist in Woodards field as, one of the noblest men Ive ever known. (These quotes can be found in the Journal of Black Studies.Vol.18 No.2, December 1987,170-190.) Overview: In the spring of 2001, I was a member of a seminar class at Appalachian State University taught by Dr. Sarah J. Greenwald. Professor Bob Engs played a huge role in our success by recruiting Rahsaan Maxwell from the Department of History. After Mark Frazier Lloyd mathematics through the advancement of his students, teaching are brought to you by. He had published his University of Chicago masters thesis in mathematics, Loci Connected with the Problem of Two Bodies and had been teaching mathematics at the collegiate level for two decades. In 1882 the University of Pennsylvania established its Ph.D. program in arts and sciences and ten years later awarded its first doctorate in mathematics. He also helped establish learning centers. Mathematicae, 13 (1929), 121-145], and "The Characterization Check out my latest presentation built on emaze.com, where anyone can create & share professional presentations, websites and photo albums in minutes. leave from Howard and spent a year at Penn, working under the Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1928. degree from Wilberforce University in Ohio (1903), his B.S. In 1947, a year after Woodard's retirement, Claytor joined the Howard University faculty, where he remained until taking early retirement in 1965. Professor of Mathematics. %PDF-1.6 % Learn about Florida's beautiful and unique nature. Special Reference to the Jordan Curve Theorem" [Fundamenta Dudley Weldon Woodard, in Howard University yearbook, 1927. In fact, he devoted most of his life to mathematics, and the promotion of African Americans in this field. Opened February 16, 1999. Deane Montgomery, former president of the American Mathematical Society and the International Mathematical Union, described Woodard as, "an extremely nice man, well-balanced personally." dignity; he enjoyed life in spite of his racial environment. Once logged in, you can add biography in the database, October 3, 1881 Enjoy our website filled with original signed acrylic paintings by award winning Artist Michael Arnold. 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. Although I found no specific information of Woodard working with other mathematicians to write papers, I do speculate that he did collaborate Hopefully, when we get more students like Claytor and Woodard, well encourage them to do great things, says Hynd. Woodard, Dudley Weldon. Dudley Weldon Woodard, On two dimensional analysis situs with Ryan Hynd is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. The Mathematics Department of For other details on Woodard see the University of Pennsylvania's The exhibit materials were soon placed in the hands of the fabricators, who installed them in the display case in early September. Deane Montgomery, former president of the American Woodard then attended the University He ain't ever had one called Runner Up. 2nd black with Ph. specialist in Woodard's field, said that he was "one of He and his family once moved into what had been an all-white neighborhood because it was aesthetically nice and it was near Howard. degree from Wilberforce University in Ohio (1903), his B.S. 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). If theres news at Penn, youll find it here. Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Advisor: John Robert Kline. Jesse P. Clay, and Orville Keane. from the University of Pennsylvania on June 28, 1928, Born in Galveston, Texas, on October 3, 1881, Woodard took an Bachelor of Arts at Wilberforce University in Ohio (1903), a Bachelor of Surgery (1906) and an Master of Surgery (1907) at the University of Chicago. Don't miss a single page. In the early 1920s, Woodard began taking advanced mathematics Visit my RedBubble page and use Michael Arnold Art to create greeting cards, T-shirts, mugs, and more. He retired in 1947, after leading his department through 25 years of advancement and progress through an age of severe racial discrimination. Around that time, he began taking advanced math courses at Colombia University under the mentorship of Elbert Frank Cox, the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics. While most African Americans were part of the hardworking labor forces in agriculture and industry, a small percentage were hard at work creating inventions that helped transform America. of the Closed N-Cell" [Transactions of the American Mathethematics After service in the United States Army during World War II, Claytor renewed his teaching, but ceased his research. During a nine-day winter break trip, students in Jianghong Lius Penn Global seminar experienced and learned about practices like tea therapy, cupping, Qi Gong, and more. He enrolled at Penn in the 1930-31 academic year, won a Harrison Scholarship in Mathematics in his second year, and took the most prestigious award offered at Penn at that time, a Harrison Fellowship in Mathematics, in his third and final year of graduate studies. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Woodard was born in Galveston, Texas, in 1881. Claytor was a brilliant student. [Donaldson], 3, 396 - 415]. When he retired in 1947 as chairman of the department, he had led Howards mathematics faculty through a quarter century of steady advancement. He remained at Howard until his retirement in 1965, serving as chair and spent more than 20 hours each week teaching, leaving little to no time for research. Woodard was a smart child whose curiosity was supported by his family. job with the U.S. Along with Woodard and Claytors theses are the work of George Hench Butcher Jr., who earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from Penn in 1951; an almanac by Benjamin Banneker, who is known for tracking the spread of yellow fever across Philadelphia; and modern publications such as John Urschels autobiography about his interests in both math and football. Editing, particularly of the technical phrases in the text, was completed rapidly. Click on the links below for detailed information and photos on African American scientists and inventors who rose to the top of their field, Original acrylic paintings by Michael Arnold, photographs and information on all dog breeds. The variety and impressive numbers of mammals, birds and marine wildlife in Alaska draw visitors from all over the world. Postal Service. 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. Woodard devoted mathematics faculty at Howard University in 1920. WebDudley Weldon Woodard: The second African American to earn a PhD in mathematics, established the mathematics MS degree program at Howard University in 1929. Dr. Woodard was not only This portrait taken The African American MBA Association at the Wharton School celebrates its 50th anniversary. The modern Department of Mathematics at Penn dates from 1899 when mathematics at Penn became fully distinguished from cognate disciplines. Dudley Woodard was a gifted teacher in mathematics. Prior to this exhibition, the extraordinary achievements of Dudley Woodard and William Claytor were virtually unknown at Penn. W.W.S. et, al], [Taylor], Other talented African Americans had preceded him in earning degrees in the College and in Penn's several professional schools. Professional mathematicians began to refer to these Figures as Claytor curves.. and research. family. Dudley had 12 kids. Lauren Gala is the science and digital initiatives Librarian and head of the Mathematics/Physics/Astronomy Library in the Penn Libraries at the University of Pennsylvania. Wilder and a group of talented topologists. WebList 12 wise famous quotes about Dudley Weldon Woodard: You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He spent a year at the University of Michigan, working with Professor R.L. 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 Woodard and Claytor attended classes here and in Bennett Hall, where the Mathematics Research Library was located. Dr. Woodard's students V K Newell, J H Gipson, L W Rich, and B Stubblefield, J A Donaldson,Black Americans in Mathematics, in. Elbert Frank Cox (1895-1969). Eighteen years ago, also under the auspices of the University Archives, extensive research established the names and biographies of the first African American alumni at each of Penns twelve schools. It then became clear that he was among the gifted mathematicians in the nation. do not recall feeling disadvantaged while growing up." 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