Dorothy Vaughan vs William Shockley
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Compare the life timelines of Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008) and William Shockley (1910–1989) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 79 years, from 1910 to 1989.
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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
William Shockley (1910–1989)
- — Born in London, England, to American parents Verified
- — Earned bachelor's degree from Caltech Verified
- — Earned PhD in physics from MIT Verified
- — Led operations research on anti-submarine warfare during World War II Verified
- — Led the Bell Labs group that invented the transistor Verified
- — Invented the junction transistor Verified
- — Founded Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in Mountain View, California Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Became professor of engineering at Stanford University Verified
- — Died in Stanford, California Verified