Winifred Asprey

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Winifred "Tim" Alice Asprey (born April 8, 1917 in Sioux City , † October 19, 2007 ) was an American mathematician and computer scientist . She was one of only 200 women to receive a doctorate from an American university in the 1940s. She was involved in establishing a contact between IBM and Vassar College , an American elite university in Poughkeepsie .

While studying at Vassar College, she met Grace Hopper , who later introduced her to computer science, while Asprey was involved in the Universal Automatic Calculator project in Philadelphia .

Life

Asprey was born in Sioux City, Iowa. Her parents were Gladys Brown Asprey and Peter Asprey Jr. They had two brothers: chemist Larned B. Asprey (1919-2005) and military historian and author Robert B. Asprey (1923-2009).

Academic career

Asperey earned her Masters of Science (1942) and PhD (1945) degrees from the University of Iowa . She later taught math and computer science at Vassar College for over 38 years . From 1957 until her retirement in 1982 she was a professor in the Faculty of Mathematics.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Margaret Anne Marie Murray (2001). Becoming Mathematicians: Creating a Professional Identity in Post-World War II America. MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-63246-2
  2. ^ Winifred "Tim" Asprey, computer pioneer and longtime professor at Vassar College, dies at 90 , Vassar Office of College Relations.
  3. ↑ Dr. Larned "Larry" Brown Asprey , Albuquerque Journal Obituary.
  4. ^ Science , 125. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 1957. p. 1080. doi : 10.1126 / science.125.3257.1077 JSTOR 1752434 PMID 17756202
personal data
SURNAME Asprey, Winifred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Asprey, Winifred Alice (full name); Asprey, Tim Alice (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mathematician and computer scientist
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Sioux City
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 2007