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Dorothy “Dolly” Johnson, 96, passed away Friday, Feb. 17, 2025, at the Lutheran Home Hospice Care Unit in Cape Girardeau.
Jan 15, 2025 Jan 15, 2025 0 September 27, 1928—January 14, 2025 Dorothy M. (Engh) Johnson-Gray, passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at Bethany St. Joseph Care Center, La Crosse, Wis.
September 27, 1928—January 14, 2025 Dorothy M. (Engh) Johnson-Gray, passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at Bethany St. Joseph Care Center, La Crosse, Wis.
Dorothy Vaughan was a trailblazing mathematician and computer programmer who significantly contributed to the U.S. space program. As NACA’s (later NASA) first African American manager, she ...
Though they may never shed the label, the women who worked for NASA as human computers during the space race are no longer "hidden figures," and they now have Congressional Gold Medals to prove it.
Vaughan was NACA’s first black supervisor and one of its few female supervisors. Dorothy Vaughan became an expert FORTRAN programmer, and she also contributed to the Scout Launch Vehicle Program ...
Dorothy M. Johnson OBITUARY Our beloved Dorothy (Dot) passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on September 3, 2024. Dorothy was born on April 12, 1932, in Vicksburg, MS to Walter ...
NASA's "Hidden Figures" women will be honored with Congressional Gold Medals on Sept. 18. Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson are receiving awards for their ...
Dorothy Carez Johnson, 95, of Parkersburg, passed away Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, at Parkersburg Care Center. She was born June 14, 1929 in Parkersburg, a daughter ...
NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston is honoring Dorothy Vaughn, a Black mathematician, and human-computer who helped put astronauts on the moon and inspired the movie 'Hidden Figures'.
The newly named “Dorothy Vaughan Center in Honor of Women of Apollo” building at Johnson Space Center on Friday, July 19, 2024 in Houston. Vaughan was a mathematician and human computer who ...