Phyllis Ann Fox (March 13, 1923 – May 23, 2017) was an American mathematician, electrical engineer and computer scientist.[1][2]
Early life and education
Fox was born on March 13, 1923,[3] and raised in Colorado.[2] She did her undergraduate studies at Wellesley College, earning a B.A. in mathematics in 1944.[4]
In 1963, she moved from MIT to the Newark College of Engineering, where she became a full professor in 1972. During this time, she also consulted for Bell Labs, where she moved in 1973 to work on a highly portable numerics library (PORT). She retired from Bell Labs in 1984.[1][2]
Personal life and death
Fox married George Sternlieb. They moved to Short Hills, New Jersey in 1949. Fox died on May 23, 2017, at the age of 94.[8]
^ abcdefResume and brief autobiography for Phyllis Fox, for Wellesley College Class of 1944 Record Book, Jan 1974, SIAM history website [1].
^ abcdefHaigh, Thomas (2005). "Phyllis Fox"(PDF). The History of Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing - Oral Histories. SIAM. Retrieved 12 May 2010.