Elbert Frank Cox was born on December 5th 1895 to parents Eugenia D Talbot and Johnson D Cox. His father was already a principal at a high school and took classes at Evansville College and graduated at Indiana University. Elbert was no stranger to success. He was fortunate to live in mixed ethnicity group even though the schools were still segregated. In high school he showed talents mathematics but that wasn’t his first love. He actually played the violin and was offered a full scholarship to Europe to study at the Prague Conservatory of Music. However his math ability proved stronger and he went to Indiana University and studied for the A.B and got it. He got an A in all his exams.
He then went to teach at Alves Street School and became …show more content…
He served twice as head of mathematics before it combined with physics in 1957. That’s around the time the Civil Right Act Movement was occurring. He witnessed the come up of blacks and white coming together. Also he witnessed them fighting for peace. This is also the time that the Vietnam War took place. He saw blacks being sent off to a war that country didn’t treat them fair. Elbert tried his best to stay positive amongst others. Im sure in his spare time he went out with his family and went on vacations. However he was a Professor so that can be hard on the family. He stayed late nights at the college studying and developing theorems and ideas. He tried to develop the mathematics PhD program at Howard. Then he retired and wanted to study more about mathematics but died of a short illness. After his death the PhD Program was approved and was able to recruit a love of individuals to study mathematics and receive Masters and higher degrees. Howard University set up the Elbert F Cox Scholarship Fund in 1975. This laid a foundation for many young black and white, or any other race to study mathematics. The Professor was honored on many occasions and is in many speeches. One of the famous one is the inauguration speech at the annual Cox-Talbot Address in
He then went to teach at Alves Street School and became …show more content…
He served twice as head of mathematics before it combined with physics in 1957. That’s around the time the Civil Right Act Movement was occurring. He witnessed the come up of blacks and white coming together. Also he witnessed them fighting for peace. This is also the time that the Vietnam War took place. He saw blacks being sent off to a war that country didn’t treat them fair. Elbert tried his best to stay positive amongst others. Im sure in his spare time he went out with his family and went on vacations. However he was a Professor so that can be hard on the family. He stayed late nights at the college studying and developing theorems and ideas. He tried to develop the mathematics PhD program at Howard. Then he retired and wanted to study more about mathematics but died of a short illness. After his death the PhD Program was approved and was able to recruit a love of individuals to study mathematics and receive Masters and higher degrees. Howard University set up the Elbert F Cox Scholarship Fund in 1975. This laid a foundation for many young black and white, or any other race to study mathematics. The Professor was honored on many occasions and is in many speeches. One of the famous one is the inauguration speech at the annual Cox-Talbot Address in