Black scientist 2024

NameYearsOccupation(s)Inventions / accomplishmentsReferencesAdkins, Rodney1958–Electrical engineerFirst African American to serve as a senior vice president at IBM, helped develop IBM ThinkPadAlcorn, George Edward Jr.1940–Physicist, inventorInvented a method of fabricating an imaging X-ray spectrometerAlexander, Archie1888–1958Civil engineerResponsible for the construction of many roads and bridges, including the Whitehurst Freeway, the Tidal Basin Bridge, and an extension to the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.Ammons, VirgieDecember 29, 1908 – July 12, 2000InventorFiled the fireplace throat damper patent on August 6, 1974.Amos, Harold1918–2003MicrobiologistFirst African-American department chair at Harvard Medical SchoolAndrews, James J.1930–1998MathematicianPut forth the Andrews–Curtis conjecture in group theory with Morton L.

Curtis, still unsolved