Marion Elizabeth Stark

Marion Elizabeth Stark
M. Stark (upper), R. Politzer (lower left), F. Harshbarger, ICM 1932
Born(1894-08-23)August 23, 1894
Norwich, Connecticut
DiedApril 15, 1982(1982-04-15) (aged 87)
Waterford, New Jersey
Resting placeNorwich, Connecticut
Alma mater
Scientific career
InstitutionsWellesley College
Thesis A Self-Adjoint Boundary value Problem Associated with a Problem of the Calculus of Variations  (1926)
Doctoral advisorsLeonard Eugene Dickson, Gilbert Ames Bliss

Marion Elizabeth Stark (23 Aug 1894[1] – 15 April 1982)[2] was an American mathematician. She was one of the first women to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics.[3]

  1. ^ Biographic data at WorldCat OCLC 5894492657
  2. ^ "University of Chicago Magazine". Campus Publications. The University of Chicago Library. Sep 1982.
  3. ^ Green, Judy; LaDuke, Jeanne (2008). Pioneering Women in American Mathematics — The Pre-1940 PhD's. History of Mathematics. Vol. 34 (1st ed.). American Mathematical Society, The London Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-0-8218-4376-5. Biography on pp. 575–577 of the Supplementary Material at AMS