Dorothy Vaughan's Death
Born (Birthday) 19100920
Death Date November 10, 2008
Age of Death 98 years
Cause of Death Natural Causes
Profession Mathematician
The mathematician Dorothy Vaughan died at the age of 98. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Mathematician most well known for her work with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the predecessor to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. She would become the first African-American woman to be head of personnel at the NACA.
She and her husband Howard had six children together. One of her four children would eventually go on to work at NASA.