Alice Turner Schafer (born 1915, nee Turner) was an American mathematician. She was one of the founding members of the Association for Women in Mathematics in 1971
She studied at University of Richmond, where women were not allowed in the library and they had to make a request for a book which they then had to study in the "women's reading room". After three years of primary school teaching she was awarded a fellowship to enable her to undertake postgraduate study at the University of Chicago.
She taught in a number of universities and retired three times, but returned to different establishments for her love of teaching.
Schafer was one of the founding members of the Association for Women in Mathematics in 1971 and she was elected as the second President serving from 1973-75. In 1990 the Association for Women in Mathematics established the Alice T Schafer Mathematics Prize in her honour.
In January 1998, the Mathematical Association of America awarded the Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr Charles Y Hu Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics to Alice Schafer. First presented in 1990, this is the Mathematical Association of America's most prestigious award, given in recognition of distinguished service to the mathematical community.
She died in 2009
Material lifted from MacTutor at the University of St. Andrews
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