Claim: Evelyn Boyd Granville, born on May 1, 1924 in Washington, D.C., United States, was awarded a honorary doctorate in the field of Mathematics and Education; then took a teaching position at Fisk University in 1950.
Evidence: Mathematics and Education Encouraged by a graduate scholarship from the Smith Student Aid Society of Smith College, she applied to graduate programs in mathematics and was accepted by both Yale University and the University of Michigan; she chose Yale because of the financial aid they offered. In 1989, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by Smith College, the first one given by an American institution to an African-American woman mathematician. honorary doctorate: Smith College
honorary doctorate: Spelman College
Sam A. Lindsey Chair of the University of Texas at Tyler Evelyn Boyd Granville (born May 1, 1924) was the second African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics from an American University; she earned it in 1949 from Yale University. After, in 1950, she took a teaching position at Fisk University, a college for black students in Nashville, Tennessee (more prestigious postings being unavailable to black women).