Dr. Luis von Ahn
Dr. Luis von Ahn is a Guatemalan entrepreneur and software developer and is currently serving as the CEO of the language learning company, Duolingo.
Alberto Pedro Calderón, PhD
Dr. Alberto Pedro Calderón was born in Mendoza, Argentina, 9/14/1920, where, at a young age, he showed an immediate aptitude for the field of Mathematics. Pressured by his father, he graduated from the University of Bueno Aires with a BS (1947) in Civil Engineering. He began working at the state-owned oil company Yacimenotos Petroliferos Fiscalas […]
Mary Winston Jackson
Mary Winston Jackson was a mathematician and aerospace engineer, and the first African American Female engineer to work at NASA. Born in Hampton, Virginia, she always had a gift for arithmetic.
Dr. Edward Alexander Bouchet
Dr.Edward Alexander Bouchet was an African-American mathematician and physicist who was the first African-American to graduate with a PhD in the United States.
Dr. Katherine Goble Johnson
Dr. Katherine Goble Johnson was born in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia, where she received segregated education.