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Sophia Levy McDonald miscellany, 1942-1945.
BANC MSS 99/343 cLOCAL
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Title:

Sophia Levy McDonald miscellany, 1942-1945
History of science and technology collection

Creator/Contributor:

McDonald, Sophia Hazel Levy, 1888-, creator

Abstract:

Contains undated autobiographical sketch, in which she focuses on her career in astronomy and mathematics, as well as in the field of education. Included with this is a list of publications which feature McDonald's writings. Also, typescripts of two reports written by McDonald: Notes on Anti-aircraft Mathematics (1942), and Report of the Subcommittee on Mathematics of the California Committee for the Study of Education (1945).

Date:

1942 (issued)

Subject:

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Astronomers -- California -- Berkeley
Mathematicians -- California -- Berkeley
Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- California
Mathematics teachers -- California
Astronomy teachers -- California
Astronomes -- Californie -- Berkeley
Mathématiciens -- Californie -- Berkeley
Mathématiques -- Étude et enseignement -- Californie
Professeurs de mathématiques -- Californie
Professeurs d'astronomie -- Californie
Astronomers
Astronomy teachers
Mathematicians
Mathematics -- Study and teaching
Mathematics teachers
Universities and colleges -- Faculty
California
California -- Berkeley
California Committee for the Study of Education. -- Subcommittee on Mathematics.
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Mathematics -- Faculty
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Mathematics

Note:

Included in: History of science and technology collection.
Sophia Levy McDonald was born on Dec. 12, 1888, in Alameda, Calif., and was a prominent educator in the fields of mathematics and astronomy. She began her UC teaching career in 1923 as Instructor in Mathematics, and was named Assistant Professor in 1925, Associate Professor in 1940, and Professor of Mathematics in 1949, and retired as Professor Emeritus in 1953. She was also a major contributor to the teaching of mathematics in secondary schools and served as a member of the Subcommittee on Mathematics of the California Committee for the Study of Education. McDonald died in 1963.

Type:

biography
manuscripts for publication.

Physical Description:

print
1 portfolio (.1 linear ft.)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 99/343 cLOCAL

Origin:

California

Related Item:

Notes on anti-aircraft mathematics
Report of the Subcommittee on Mathematics of the California Committee for the Study of Education