Saturday, July 5, 2014

The worlds greatest mathematics teacher Dr. Abdulalim Shabazz's will be funeralized on Sunday July 6

From American Islamic College

Shabazz Funeral

The worlds greatest mathematics teacher Dr. Abdulalim Shabazz's  will be funeralized  on Sunday July 6 at 1pm at Masjid Wali Muhammad:
1519 4th Street NW
Washington, DC 20001

Dr. Abdulalim Shabazz, Panel 4-1 from American Islamic College on Vimeo.


Abdulalim A. Shabazz (May 22, 1927 - June 25, 2014) is an African American Professor of Mathematics. He received the National Association of Mathematicians Distinguished Service Award for his years of mentoring and teaching excellence. President of the United States Bill Clinton awarded Shabazz with a National Mentor award in September 2000.[1]
Shabazz was born Lonnie Cross in Bessemer, Alabama. In 1949, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry and mathematics from Lincoln University. Two years later he earned a Master of Science in Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in mathematics and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1955 in mathematical analysis from Cornell University. His subject of his doctoral dissertationwas "The Distribution of Eigenvalues of the Equation: Integral of A(S-T) PHI (T) with Respect to T Between Lower Limit -A and Upper Limit A=Rho (Integral of B(S-T))".[2]
Shabazz was appointed an Assistant Professor of Mathematics byTuskegee Institute in 1956. From 1957 until 1963, he served as chairman and Associate Professor of Mathematics at Clark Atlanta University.
Shabazz announced in 1961 that he was a member of the Nation of Islam (later he converted to Islam).
From 1975 until 1986, Shabazz taught in ChicagoDetroit, and inMeccaSaudi Arabia. In 1986, Shabazz came back to Clark Atlanta, where he served as chair from 1990 until 1995. From 1998 until 2000, Shabazz was Chairman of the Mathematics and Computer Science Department at Lincoln University (Pennsylvania).
The American Association for the Advancement of Science presented him with its 1992 "Mentor Award" for his leadership in efforts to increase the participation of women, minorities, and individuals with physical disabilities in science and engineering. He received the National Association of Mathematicians Distinguished Service Award for his years of mentoring and teaching excellence. President Clinton awarded Shabazz a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring award in September 2000. In 2001, the Association of African American Educators awarded Shabazz with its Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding work with African Americans in mathematics. He is currently a professor and endowed chair in mathematics at Grambling State University.
Dr. Shabazz passed on June 25, 2014.

Abdulalim A. Shabazz, Noted Math Scholar and Educator, Dies at 87

Trained More Than Half Nation’s Black Mathematician Doctorate Holders


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Noted math scholar, Abdulalim Abdullah Shabazz.
Abdulalim Abdullah Shabazz, noted math scholar who trained more than half of the nation’s Black mathematician doctorate holders, and former minister of Masjid Muhammad, once known as  Nation of Islam D.C. mosque Temple #4, died June 25 in Grambling, La. where he was professor of mathematics at Grambling State University.  He was 87.
Born Lonnie Cross in Bessemer, Ala., Shabazz graduated with honors from Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C. in 1945 and earned undergraduate degrees in math and chemistry from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, a Masters degree in mathematics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1951 and a doctorate in mathematics from Cornell University in 1955.
He launched what would become an illustrious teaching career in 1956 as an assistant professor at Tuskegee Institute (now University), chaired the math department at Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University) from 1957 to 1963 and headed the math and computer sciences department at Lincoln University from 1998 to 2000 before accepting an endowed position as mathematics professor at Grambling.
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Abdulalim Abdullah Shabazz (Courtesy Photo/draas.info/home)
He interrupted his career as a college professor to become an active leader in the Nation of Islam, teaching in Chicago, Detroit and in Saudi Arabia in Mecca. He served as minister of then-Temple #4 in D.C. until 1975.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science gave him its  “Mentor Award” in 1992, citing his work to increase the participation of women, minorities and those with physical disabilities in science and engineering. President Clinton presented Shabazz with a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring award in September 2000. In 2001, the Association of African American Educators awarded Shabazz with its Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding work with African Americans in mathematics.
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