Out of the Blue – Black History Month 2020 Newsletter
THIS MONTH WE FOCUS ON:
Black History Month
THIS MONTH IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, OUR FOCUS:
Black figures who have made an impact in:
Analytics, statistics, economics, mathematics
| Katherine Johnson Mathematics Her calculations on orbital mechanics were crucial to the first ever successful NASA crewed space flight. |  |
 | Sir Arthur Lewis Economics The first Black Professor in the UK at Manchester University. Developed the Lewis model to describe the growth of countries moving from subsistence to capitalist economies Won the Nobel prize for Economics in 1979 |
| David Blackwell Mathematics American statistician who made significant contributions to game theory, probability theory, information theory, & Bayesian statistics First African American inducted into the National Academy of Science |  |
 | F. Dubois Bowman Statistics Dr of Biostatistics Using statistical analysis of brain imaging for patients with Alzheimer’s disease, depression, schizophrenia and substance addiction |
| Gladys West Mathematics Helped towards development of GPS Scientist, mathematician and “human computer” Created a detailed image of the actual shape of the earth |  |
 | Janice Bryant Howroyd Economics First African- American lady to run a $1-billion business Studied Humanities and English at North Carolina A&T |
| Lisa Cook Economics Professor of Economics and International Relations a Michigan State Uni. Advisor to Rwanda and Nigerian Governments |  |
 | Phyllis Ann Wallace Economics First lady to receive a doctorate from Yale University Civil rights campaigner, who assisted groups to pass the Civil Rights Act 1964 (USA) First lady to gain tenure at Sloane University |
| Kofi Annan Economics Served as General Secretary of the UN between 1997-2006 Nobel peace prize winner in 2001 for his work on Human Rights, HIV and opposition of terrorism Studied Economics in Ghana and USA |  |
Until next month!
DE&I team at Brightblue
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