| LC control no. | n 84127046 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | McBay, Shirley Mathis |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1935-05-04 |
| Death date | 2021-11-27 |
| Place of birth | Bainbridge (Ga.) |
| Affiliation | Paine College Atlanta University University of Georgia Spelman College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Quality Education for Minorities Network |
| Profession or occupation | Mathematicians Chemists |
| Found in | Verheyden-Hilliard, M.E. Mathematician and administrator, Shirley Mathis McBay, c1985: CIP intro. p. (doctorate, U. of Georgia; now Dean for Stud. Aff., MIT) African American National Biography, accessed February 25, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (McBay, Shirley Mathis; Shirley Mathis; mathematician, chemist, educational reform advocate, educational institution official; born 04 May, 1935 in Bainbridge, Georgia, United States; BS in chemistry from Paine College (1954); MS in chemistry (1957), MS in mathematics (1958) from Atlanta University; PhD in mathematics, University of Georgia (1966); acting chair of mathematics department (1961), chair of mathematics (1966), associate academic dean (1973-1975), Spelman College, Atlanta; managed programs, National Science Foundation (NSF) (1975-1980); dean of student affairs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (1980-1990); president, Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network (1990)) The chronicle of higher education, Jan. 7, 2022: page 59 (Shirley McBay; died Nov. 27, 2021; former dean of student affairs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the first Black person to receive a doctorate from the University of Georgia) |
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