Retired mathematician Katherine Johnson — whose work inspired Hidden Figures — appeared at Sunday's Academy Awards with the film's cast Adam Carlson is the senior editor for human interest at ...

Before she helped send the first astronauts to the moon, won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and became the subject of an ...

took to the stage at the Academy Awards Sunday night (Feb. 26), not to accept an Oscar, but to pay homage to the real-life "human computer" Katherine Johnson, who received a standing ovation.

Katherine Johnson Was Awarded The Presidential Medal Of Freedom In her lifetime, Johnson has received many awards, including multiple NASA Achievement Awards and Honorary degrees from SUNY ...

(Katherine Johnson passed away in 2020 at the age of 101 ... curricula to place more emphasis on ethics when designing technology products. His numerous awards and achievements include an ACM ...

Katherine Johnson, whose career making vital calculations ... one of the most prestigious civilian awards in the U.S., from President Barack Obama. The NASA Langley facility at which Johnson ...

including the award of the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama, as well, of course, as the publicity of Hidden Figures. But for a long time women didn’t have such visible role models working ...