Dorothy Vaughan vs Kurt Vonnegut
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Compare the life timelines of Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008) and Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 85 years, from 1922 to 2007.
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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
Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007)
- — Born in Indianapolis, Indiana Verified
- — Enrolled at Cornell University Verified
- — Enlisted in the United States Army Verified
- — Captured at the Battle of the Bulge and held as a prisoner of war in Dresden Verified
- — Studied anthropology at the University of Chicago Verified
- — Worked in public relations for General Electric in Schenectady, New York Verified
- — Published his first novel, Player Piano Verified
- — Published Slaughterhouse-Five Verified
- — Married photographer Jill Krementz Verified
- — Died in Manhattan, New York Verified