I first met Dr. Bozeman at Spelman, I was in her Linear Algebra Class. I remember traveling to different math conferences in college and how often folks would stop to ask me (when they found out I was from Spelman) if I knew Dr. Bozeman. It was very clear that she had a lot of respect among her peers not only at Spelman, but throughout the entire math community. I felt proud to be affiliated with her!
I first met Sylvia at an AMS meeting (in Atlanta?). We were introduced by Lee Lorch, who thought we might have something in common. We certainly did! That was the start of a lovely friendship, and my most valued professional collaboration. Rhonda Hughes
I first met Sylvia at a NAM session at the Annual Joint Meetings around 1990 ( could have been 1989....but I did still live in California at the time), but she had been one of my personal heroes (along with Etta Falconer and Fern Hunt and others) due to an article by Pat Kenshaft about black women mathematicians. The article had been given to me by a black woman historian at Purdue around 1982, and I used to read the article over and over again, so I knew the women's stories. Sylvia was the second person I met from that article, but has been (and still is!) a mentor to me since I met her. How many people do you know who are friends with their heroes?
Thank you for contributing to this blog. Please leave your reflections, well wishes and expressions of endearment for Sylvia Bozeman who is being honored with the prestigious Etta Z. Falconer Award on November 3, 2007.
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I first met Dr. Bozeman at Spelman, I was in her Linear Algebra Class. I remember traveling to different math conferences in college and how often folks would stop to ask me (when they found out I was from Spelman) if I knew Dr. Bozeman. It was very clear that she had a lot of respect among her peers not only at Spelman, but throughout the entire math community. I felt proud to be affiliated with her!
I first met Sylvia at an AMS meeting (in Atlanta?). We were introduced by Lee Lorch, who thought we might have something in common. We certainly did! That was the start of a lovely friendship, and my most valued professional collaboration.
Rhonda Hughes
I first met Sylvia at a NAM session at the Annual Joint Meetings around 1990 ( could have been 1989....but I did still live in California at the time), but she had been one of my personal heroes (along with Etta Falconer and Fern Hunt and others) due to an article by Pat Kenshaft about black women mathematicians. The article had been given to me by a black woman historian at Purdue around 1982, and I used to read the article over and over again, so I knew the women's stories. Sylvia was the second person I met from that article, but has been (and still is!) a mentor to me since I met her. How many people do you know who are friends with their heroes?
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