Dorothy McFadden Hoover

Dorothy Estheryne McFadden Hoover (July 1, 1918 – February 7, 2000) was an American physicist and mathematician. Hoover was a pioneer in the early days of NASA. Originally one of the first black women hired at Langley as a human computer, Hoover would eventually become a published physicist and mathematician. Hoover is one of the first black women to be listed as a co-author on NASA research publications. Her research supported the development of America's first jet fighter, the Sabre. She was a part of a class of women, both black and white, hired to work as "human computers" and aid the development of aeronautical technology in the second World War.

Langley was originally segregated when Hoover began her work there, with black women assigned to work in the West Area of Langley. While at Goddard, Hoover became the first Black woman to be promoted to a GS-13, a prominent position within US federal government employment.

Death Hoover died in Washington, DC in 2000.