Fay Farnum

Fay Farnum (born August 24, 1888 in Spencer (Iowa) , † March 11, 1977 in Tucson , Arizona ) was an American mathematician and university teacher . She was a founding member of the Mathematical Association of America .

life and work

Farnum was born the second of four children to Josephine and farmer George Edwin Farnum and received her bachelor's degree in 1909 from Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now: Iowa State University ). After teaching at various schools in Lyons, Iowa, Le Mars, Iowa, and Ames, Iowa , she received a master's degree from Cornell University in 1915 and was an instructor at Iowa State College from 1915 to 1924. She spent two summer semesters in Chicago before enrolling as a PhD student at Cornell University from 1924 to 1926. From 1925 to 1926 she was a trainer there and received her doctorate in 1926 under Virgil Snyder with the dissertation: On Triadic Cremona Nets of Plane Curves. She taught at New York University for many years before returning to the State of Iowa from 1943 to 1949. From 1955 to 1957 she taught again at the University of Arizona . She died in Tucson in 1977 at the age of 88. She was a founding member of the Mathematical Association of America and was a member of the American Mathematical Society .

Publications (selection)

On Triadic Cremona Nets of Plane Curves, American Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 50, No. 3, 1928

literature

Judy Green, Jeanne LaDuke: Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhD's. 2009, ISBN 978-0-8218-4376-5 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Farnum, Fay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Farnum, Eugenia Fae
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American mathematician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	August 24, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH	Spencer, Iowa
DATE OF DEATH	March 11, 1977
Place of death	Tucson , Arizona