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Mary Perry Smith was born on 29 May, 1926, is an American mathematics educator. Discover Mary Perry Smith's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 89 years old?
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Mathematics educator |
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89 years old |
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Gemini |
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29 May, 1926 |
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29 May |
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10 August, 2015 |
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American
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Mary Perry Smith Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Mary Perry Smith's Husband?
Her husband is Norvel L. Smith
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Norvel L. Smith |
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Mary Perry Smith Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Mary Perry Smith worth at the age of 89 years old? Mary Perry Smith’s income source is mostly from being a successful educator. She is from American. We have estimated Mary Perry Smith's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Mary Perry Smith (May 29, 1926 – August 10, 2015) was an American mathematics educator who cofounded the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement program and the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.
Perry Smith was born on May 29, 1926, and was originally from Evansville, Indiana, one of six children of a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church; her maternal grandfather, Henry Allen Perry had been a chaplain and mathematics teacher at the Tuskegee Institute, where her parents met.
As a child she moved frequently, to Kokomo, Logansport, Anderson, Crawfordsville, and Frankfort, all in Indiana.
She earned a bachelor's degree from Ball State University in mathematics and science in three years, as one of a small number of African-American students there, and continued at Purdue University for a master's degree in counseling and guidance (with minors in biochemistry and statistics), finishing in 1948.
Unable to find a job because of the discrimination in teacher hiring in Indiana, she followed her older brother to the newly opened Texas State University for Negroes in Houston, where she taught mathematics for three years.
After marrying Norvel L. Smith (later to become the president of Merritt College and the first African American head of a college in California) and moving with her husband to Oakland, California, she joined a doctoral program in educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, but moved to part-time study and then stopped out to become a teacher, first in a junior high school in San Francisco from 1953 until 1961, and then at Oakland Technical High School, where she taught geometry for 17 years.
In 1969, Perry Smith cofounded the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) program for under-privileged pre-college students in California.
In 1974, she cofounded the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in Oakland, California, initially as part of the Oakland Museum’s Cultural and Ethnics Affairs Guild and, in 1978, as a separate organization; she also served as its president.
She left her teaching position to work for the MESA program in 1977, as statewide program director, and also served on the board of the Oakland Museum of California.
Her papers are kept in the Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley.
