Global InformationElayne Arrington information
Elayne Arrington | |
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| Born | c. 1940 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Pittsburgh University of Cincinnati |
| Known for | First African American woman to graduate from the University of Pittsburgh's School of Engineering |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics Engineering |
| Institutions | Wright-Patterson Air Force Base University of Pittsburgh |
| Thesis | The P-Frattini Subgroup of a Finite Group (1974) |
| Doctoral advisor | Donald B. Parker |
Elayne Arrington (born c. 1940) is an American mathematician and engineer. She was the first African American woman to graduate with a bachelor's degree from the School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. After earning her Ph.D., she went on to conduct performance analyses of Soviet Union aircraft at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.[1][2]
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