Dorothy Vaughan vs Glenn Seaborg
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Compare the life timelines of Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008) and Glenn Seaborg (1912–1999) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 87 years, from 1912 to 1999.
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Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008)
- — Born in Kansas City, Missouri Verified
- — Graduated from Wilberforce University Verified
- — Taught mathematics at Robert Russa Moton High School Verified
- — Married Howard Vaughan Verified
- — Began work at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory Verified
- — Appointed head of West Area Computing Verified
- — Joined the Analysis and Computation Division after NACA became NASA Verified
- — Learned FORTRAN and taught it to her colleagues Verified
- — Retired from NASA Verified
- — Died in Hampton, Virginia Verified
Glenn Seaborg (1912–1999)
- — Born in Ishpeming, Michigan Verified
- — Earned PhD from UC Berkeley Verified
- — Co-discovered plutonium Verified
- — Worked on the Manhattan Project Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Verified
- — Chaired the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Verified
- — Element seaborgium named in his honor Verified
- — Death in Lafayette, California Verified