Rose Whelan Sedgewick
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Rose Whelan Sedgewick | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rose Alice Whelan |
| Died | 7 June 2000 (aged 96) |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Rochester University of Connecticut Hillyer College University of Maryland |
| Doctoral advisor | Jacob David Tamarkin |
Rose Whelan Sedgewick (c. 1904 – 2000) was an American mathematician. She was the first person to earn a PhD in mathematics from Brown University, in 1929.[1] Her subsequent career in mathematics included assistant professorships at the University of Rochester, the University of Connecticut, Hillyer College, and the University of Maryland.[2]
Sedgewick is the namesake of the Rose Whelan Society at Brown, an organization for women and gender minorities who are graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and faculty in pure and applied in mathematics.[3] She was married to fellow mathematician Charles H.W. Sedgewick and had four children.[4] She died on June 7, 2000, at the age of 96.[2]
