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Gladys Mae West (née Brown; born October 27, 1930 [1]) is an American mathematician. She is known for her contributions to mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth , and her work on the development of satellite geodesy models, that were later incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS). [ 2 ]
Millions of people around the world rely on GPS technology every day to navigate roadways, the sky and the oceans. What was once relegated to large paper maps, or sometimes multiple small maps ...
AFSPC Vice Commander Lt. Gen. D. T. Thompson presents Gladys West with an award as she is inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame. On February 10, 1993, the National Aeronautic Association selected the GPS Team as winners of the 1992 Robert J. Collier Trophy, the US's most prestigious aviation award.
[43] In 1943 two groups, segregated by race, worked on the east and west side of Langley Air Force Base. [51] The black women were the West Area Computers . [ 51 ] Unlike their white counterparts, the black women were asked by NACA to re-do college courses they had already passed and many never received promotions.
During World War II, the project operated as a major computing office for the U.S. government and did calculations for the Office of Scientific Research and Development, the Army, the Navy, the Manhattan Project and other institutions. [26] Ruth Leach Amonette was elected vice president at IBM, the first woman to hold that role. [27]
Stop by Middle and Pollack streets in downtown New Bern, N.C., for The Pepsi Store – The Birthplace of Pepsi-Cola, where Caleb Bradham – a pharmacist and University of North Carolina alumnus ...
Gladys West; Marsha Rhea Williams; Representation in other media. Margot Lee Shetterly's book, Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped ...
In her new musical memoir, Danyel Smith plumbs the underappreciated genius of Gladys Knight, and her group's forlorn masterpiece, 'Midnight Train to Georgia.'