1. By: Abby Schreader

2. Background Born in Evansville, Indiana in 1895 Father was a teacher Attended a segregated school Married to Beulah Kaufman Had 4 children

3. College Life In 1913, he attended college at Indiana University Majored in Math Graduated with Bachelor’s Degree in 1917 Left to serve in the Army during World War I

4. Grad School Attended Cornell University 1922 His thesis was titled Polynomial solutions of difference equations KKK was very active in this area First African American to receive Ph.D. in Mathematics in the world

5. Teaching Career Taught in public schools in Henderson, Kentucky Shaw University in North Carolina West Virginia State College Howard University Retired in 1965