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Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson (b. 1918), (sculpture). Artist:  Hightower, Frederick, sculptor. Title:  Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson (b. 1918), (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Aug. 25, 2018. Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  H. 7 ft. Description:  Portrait of Katherine Johnson when she worked as a mathematician at NASA in Langley, Virginia. Subject:  Portrait female -- Johnson, Katherine Coleman Goble -- Full length Occupation -- Science -- Mathematician Ethnic -- African American Object -- Written Matter Object Type:  Sculpture Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Institute Owner:  Administered by West Virginia State University, Art Department, Institute, West Virginia 25112 Located West Virginia State University, between Cole Complex and Dawson Hall, Institute, West Virginia 25112 Remarks:  Katherine Johnson graduated Summa Cum Laude from West Virginia State College (now University) in 1937 with bachelor's degrees in mathematics and French. She went to work for NASA (then the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) in1953 as a research mathematician known then as a computer. While at NASA she calculated the trajectory for Alan Shepherd's historic 1961 space flight and the 1969 Apollo 11 flight to the moon, and she verified the first electronic computer flight calculations for John Glenn's 1962 orbit. The statue was dedicated one day before Katherine Johnson's 100th birthday. References:  MetroNews, Aug. 25, 2018. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 71501321   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 71501321 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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