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Mary Deconge (Mary Lovenia DeConge) was born on 3 October, 1933 in Wickliff, Louisiana, is a mathematician. Discover Mary Deconge's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?
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Mary Lovenia DeConge |
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91 years old |
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3 October 1933 |
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Wickliff, Louisiana |
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United States |
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Her husband is Roy Watson, Sr.
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Mary Deconge Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Mary Deconge worth at the age of 91 years old? Mary Deconge’s income source is mostly from being a successful mathematician. She is from United States. We have estimated
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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DeConge-Watson served as the director of the Center for Minorities in Science, Engineering, and Technology at Southern University and the A&M College System from 1995 - 1998. Following a short retirement, she returned to Southern University in various positions before entering a complete retirement in 2004.
DeConge-Watson left the religious order in 1976. She married Roy Watson Sr in 1983.
Although delayed by a long illness in the midst of her graduate career, in 1968, DeConge-Watson received her Ph.D. in mathematics and a minor in French from St. Louis University for her dissertation 2-Normed Lattices and 2-Metric Spaces.
While in graduate school, DeConge-Watson worked as a teacher at Holy Ghost High School in Opelousas, Louisiana and DeLilse Junior College in New Orleans. After receiving her Ph.D. she worked as an assistant professor of mathematics at Loyola University New Orleans from 1968 to 1971. In 1971 she became an assistant professor at Southern University in Baton Rouge. In 1982, she became a full professor and was appointed Chair of the Department of Mathematics at Southern University in 1986.
In 1962, DeConge-Watson received a master's degree in mathematics from Louisiana State University. She opted to take a break from her studies and teach at DeLisle Junior College in New Orleans from 1963 - 1964. She then started her PhD studies Tulane University, studying there for one semester.
After graduating from Seton Hall in 1959, Deconge-Watson taught French and math at Holy Ghost School in Opelousas, Louisiana, until 1961.
Mary Lovenia DeConge-Watson (born 1933) is an American mathematician and former nun in the Order of the Sisters of the Holy Family. She was the 15th African-American woman to earn her Ph.D. in mathematics.
DeConge-Watson was born in 1933 in Wickliff, Louisiana as the seventh of nine children of Adina Rodney DeConge and Alphonse Frank DeConge. She joined the Sisters of the Holy Family at age 16, later becoming a nun in the Holy Order of the Sisters of Saint Francis. Between 1952 and 1955, Deconge taught elementary school in parochial schools in Baton Rouge and Lafayette. She then attended Seton Hill College where she studied mathematics and French (with minors in English, psychology, and history) and was the second Black student to attend the school.