In 2018 the British Broadcasting Corporation named her to its 100 Women program, which annually honors influential women from around the world. Throughout her career West continued her education and in 2000 received a PhD in public administration and policy affairs from Virginia Tech. Gladys Mae West (ne Brown born 1930) is an American mathematician known for her contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of the satellite geodesy models that were eventually incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS). During this time, she was one of the few women hired by the military to do advanced. West published numerous papers and made presentations on her work at national and international conferences before retiring in 1998. West spent 42 years working on the naval base at Dahlgren, Virginia. She later became project manager for the radar altimetry data processing project of Seasat, the first satellite designed for remote sensing of the Earth’s oceans, for which she received a commendation. She is known for her contributions to mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of satellite geodesy models, that were later incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS). West emerged as an integral part of the team that developed the modern Global Positioning System, tirelessly collecting data from orbiting satellites and developing mathematical algorithms for supercomputers to process precise surface elevations. Gladys Mae West (ne Brown born Octo1) is an American mathematician. Gladys Mae West (Born 1930/31 in Sutherland, Virginia) is an American mathematician who is known for her contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of the earth and her work on the development of satellite geodesy models that were eventually incorporated into the Global Positioning System aka, GPS.
Admired by her colleagues for her skill in calculating complex mathematical equations, she excelled in programming for computers. She was the second African-American woman hired at the base, among only four African-American employees in total. After teaching in public schools, she completed a master’s degree from Virginia State in 1955, and the following year began working at the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Dahlgren. Born in rural Dinwiddie County, Gladys Mae Brown West graduated first in her high school class, earning her a scholarship to Virginia State College (later Virginia State University), where she earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1952.
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