Author Archives: Rachel Levy

Jeanne Drost Burwell Koger

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Rachel Levy

Christine Joyner shared this information about her Mom, who “never stopped learning and was starting to learn Chinese to go teach English in China when diagnosed with cancer.” The daughter of the late Dr. John Cole and Jeannette Drost Burwell, … Continue reading →

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Fan Chung Graham

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Rachel Levy

Mathematics Professor Weiqing Gu was the first PhD student from Mainland China at U Penn.  This post describes the wonderful mentoring Professor Gu has received from mathematician and grandmother,  Professor Fan Chung Graham.  Professor Gu remembers: When I was a … Continue reading →

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Kebokile Dengu-Zvobgo, Constance A. Knapp and Olufunmilayo Olopade

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Rachel Levy

As I mention in the GGSTEM submission instructions, my definition of “grandmother” is quite inclusive.  Kebokile Dengu-Zvobgo, Associate Dean of International Programs at Pitzer College, taught me that in Zimbabwe, a “grandmother” is someone who has earned a certain level … Continue reading →

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Elsie Carpenter

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Rachel Levy

Biologist Cathy McFadden submitted this post about her grandmother, Elsie Carpenter. My grandmother graduated from Radcliffe in the 1920s with a degree in biology.  While there she met my grandfather, who was a PhD student in biology at Harvard and … Continue reading →

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Kathleen Pericak-Spector

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Rachel Levy

Kathy Pericak-Spector is a Professor and Vice-Chair of the Department of Mathematics at Southern Illinois University.  She was one of the first people to suggest that I should collect stories, rather than simply pics, names and occupations.  I found her … Continue reading →

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Margaret & Ruth Dayhoff

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Rachel Levy

Vincent Brannigan, “the family cook” and “very proud husband” sent this wonderful description of  three generations of STEM women, complete with pics.  The image above is of “Dr. Margaret Dayhoff with young imaging specialist Dr. Ruth Dayhoff (about 1960).” Margaret … Continue reading →

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Etta Falconer

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Rachel Levy

Talithia Williams, a statistics professor at Harvey Mudd College submitted this picture and remembrance from Spelman College.  Talithia is on the left, Dr. Falconer is in the middle and Ebonii Bell (now a Senior Systems Engineer at Raytheon) is on the … Continue reading →

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Dorothy Weinshank Gillett

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Rachel Levy

Janet Wagner submitted this post about her grandmother, Dorothy Gillett: My grandmother (no longer with us) got her BS in Astronomy from Wellesley in 1919, and had a long distinguished career first working on a family business which set up … Continue reading →

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Yvonne Krulc

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Rachel Levy

Jozi McKiernan submitted this picture of her grandmother, Yvonne Krulc, who was a technologist at the Santa Monica hospital for many years.  She died when Jozi was seven years old, but Jozi still remembers She once got me a lab t-shirt … Continue reading →

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Hannah Green Sutton

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Rachel Levy

Linda Green, a mathematician, shared this post from her mother, Hannah Green Sutton: I graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) in 1957 with a BS in chemistry. My father, who had a PhD in chemistry, encouraged … Continue reading →

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