MARY E. BEALL, 1919 MATH MAJOR

Congratulations to all December, 2019 University of Kentucky graduates.

A century ago, Mary E. Beall, from Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, graduated from UK in 1919 with a degree in mathematics.  The Kentuckian described her as "one of those rare co-eds who has a positively masculine intelligence in math and kindred subjects.  During her years at the university, she has certainly upset the tradition that these subjects could be really managed only by the superior sex. Her abilities have won her the admiration and her sweetness the friendship of all."

Mary Beall

Beall was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, the YWCA, the Philosophian Literary Society, and the Mathematics Club.

Following graduation Beall travelled and then taught school in Jacksonville, Florida and Owensboro, Kentucky before returning to Mt. Sterling to teach until her retirement.  She never married and died March 5, 1962.