Dr. Walter S. McAfee
Dr. Walter S. McAfee worked on the Army Signal Laboratory’s Project Diana.
Dr. Talitha Washington
Dr. Talitha Washington is a program officer at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and an associate professor of mathematics at Howard University.
Dr. Euphemia Lofton Haynes
Dr. Euphemia Lofton Haynes was the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics.
Mrs. Mary Jackson
Mrs. Mary Jackson was one of the first Black “computers” of the West Area Computing Unit of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor to NASA.
Mrs. Annie Easley
Mrs. Annie Easley was a computer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor to NASA.
Mrs. Dorothy Vaughan
Mrs. Dorothy Vaughan was the first Black supervisor (leading the all-Black, segregated West Area Computing Unit) at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor to NASA.