Katherine Puckett Layton

Katherine Puckett Layton is an American mathematics educator and the author of mathematics textbooks.

Education and career Layton received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and later obtained a master's degree in education from Harvard University. In 1960, shortly after graduating from UCLA, Layton began her long teaching career at Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California. During the seventies, Layton served as chair of the mathematics department and was involved with the students both in the classroom and through Mu Alpha Theta, the honor society for high schools and two-year colleges. Layton served as visiting lecturer at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina and from 1986–1987, in the UCLA mathematics department.