Weeks, Dorothy (1893–1990)

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Weeks, Dorothy (1893–1990)

American physicist and mathematician. Born 1893 in Philadelphia, PA; died June 4, 1990, in Wellesley, MA.

Served at US Patent Office and National Bureau of Statistics; became 1st woman to receive PhD in mathematics from MIT (1930); served as professor and head of physics department at Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA, for 26 years; following retirement from Chambersburg (1956), coordinated program to develop radiological shielding materials against nuclear weapons, neutrons and gamma rays for US Army arsenal at Watertown, MA; served at Harvard College Observatory as spectroscopist (1964–76).