Kappa Mu Epsilon Certificate of Recognition

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In April 1981 in Springfield, Missouri, Kappa Mu Epsilon celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. At this celebration KME, a mathematics honor society with chapters at institutions that emphasize undergraduate mathematics programs, named fifty members as Distinguished Members. Sister Helen Sullivan was one of those so honored.

In about 1936 Sister Helen Sullivan organized Euclid’s Circle, a mathematics club at Mount St. Scholastica College. In 1940 she founded the Kansas Gamma Chapter of Kappa Mu Epsilon there. Sullivan often served as the faculty sponsor of her local chapter of KME, and in 1967 the alumnae of that chapter established the Sister Helen Sullivan scholarship in her honor. On the national level Sullivan served as KME’s historian in the years 1943–47, and as an assistant editor of its journal, The Pentagon, during those years and again from 1961–70.

Date Made: 1981

Maker: Kappa Mu Epsilon

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Missouri, Springfield

Web Subject: MathematicsSubject: Women's History

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Credit Line: Collected for the Museum from Sister Helen Sullivan

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1993.3019.03Nonaccession Number: 1993.3019Catalog Number: 1993.3019.03

Object Name: pamphlet with sheets and award

Physical Description: fabric (overall material)paper (overall material)leather (overall material)Measurements: overall: 10.8 cm x 20.8 cm x .3 cm; 4 1/4 in x 8 3/16 in x 1/8 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-5362-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_905225

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