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Dr. Gladys Mae West, a pioneering mathematician whose little-recognized work in a Naval lab helped create GPS, died Jan. 17 ...

US mathematician Gladys Mae West was best known for her foundational work on GPS systems. As an African American woman, West overcame huge barriers to contribute to this key technology. She was one of ...

Gladys Mae West, a mathematician whose work played a critical part in the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS), the satellite mapping system that is used by billions, died on January 17 ...

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A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped to improve billions of lives — and keep us from getting lost.

Bowling Green State University in Ohio, the licensee of WBGU-TV, announced Jan. 16 that the station will end its PBS affiliation June 30. In a news release, the university attributed the decision to ...

West was inducted into United States Air Force Hall of Fame in 2018 IanDagnall Computing / Alamy Stock Photo Gladys West, the mathematician whose work led to the creation of GPS, has died at 95 The ...

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