Marion Lee Johnson

Marion Lee Johnson is an American mathematician who was crucial to the landing of the Apollo 11 mission. Her name is part of the Apollo/Saturn V Roll of Honor.[1] She was part of the Boeing/NASA team, where she worked in preparing data for the vehicle impact trajectories. After completion of the project, she worked for Pfizer for 26 years. She currently lives in New Jersey, where she works at the Branford Hall Career Institute as a Computer and Security Instructor.

Life and career

She was born in a working-class family in Savannah, Georgia, where she attended school at Moses Jackson, in a segregated neighborhood. She graduated from high school at Thompkins High School in 1963.[2] In 1967, she was granted a scholarship at Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama, to study mathematics.[3] After graduation, she went to work with Boeing in the Boeing/NASA team to prepare the landing of the Apollo 11 mission. Her contract ended after two years. She went to work at the Computer Technology Inc. division at Pfizer, where she became project leader for Personnel, Payroll, Compensations, Benefits and Strategic Planning Divisions. She retired from Pfizer after 26 years.

A resident of Plainfield, New Jersey, she works at the Branford Hall Career Institute as a Computer and Security Instructor.[2] She has three children.

References
  1. Golden Carmon, Rev. W. (May 15, 2017). "Marion Lee Johnson: A Hidden Figure". The Christian Recorder. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  2. Segedy, Andria. "Savannah's own 'Hidden Figure': Marion Lee Johnson worked on Apollo 11 program". Bluffton Today. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  3. "Black History Month One-On-One: 'Hidden Figure' Marion Lee Johnson". 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
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