Melba Roy Mouton
Melba Roy Mouton | |
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Melba Roy in 1960 | |
| Born | April 28, 1929 |
| Died | June 25, 1990 (aged 61) |
| Alma mater | Howard University |
| Awards | Apollo Achievement Award, NASA Exceptional Performance Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | United States Census Bureau, Army Map Service, Goddard Space Flight Center |
Melba Roy Mouton (April 28, 1929 – June 25, 1990) was an African American mathematician who served as Assistant Chief of Research Programs at NASA's Trajectory and Geodynamics Division in the 1960s and headed a group of NASA mathematicians called "computers". She served as Head Mathematician for Echo Satellites 1 and 2 before becoming Head Computer Programmer and then Program Production Section Chief at Goddard Space Flight Center.