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| May Margaret Beenken | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1901-10-22)October 22, 1901 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | December 21, 1988(1988-12-21) (aged 87) St. Vincent Medical Center (Los Angeles) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Mathematician |
| Years active | 1928–1969 |
May Margaret Beenken (22 October 1901, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 21 December 1988, St. Vincent Medical Center (Los Angeles)) was an American mathematician.
Life
Beenken was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Sophie Kirn (1862 – 1941) and Henry Beenken (b. 1852). and she had at least three older siblings.
Career
Beenken completed her PhD at the University of Chicago in 1928. Her doctoral advisor was Ernest Preston Lane and her thesis was titled Surfaces in Five-Dimensional Space. She later became an instructor at Oshkosh Teacher's College. She also served as a lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1945, as well as an associate professor (later professor) at Immaculate Heart College from 1947 to 1969.
Personal life
After retiring, "she decided to turn to painting" and "applied herself here with the same single-mindedness as in teaching", according to a former colleague and student of hers.
References
- ^ Green, Judy; LaDuke, Jeanne (2009). "Beenken, Mary M.". Pioneering women in American mathematics : the pre-1940 PhD's. Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society. pp. 140–141. ISBN 9780821843765. Biography on p.72-73 of the Supplementary Material at AMS
- "May Margaret Beenken". The Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
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