Professor Cornelia Strong (1877–1955)

Strong College was named for Cornelia Strong, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (then the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina) from 1905 to 1948. On this page are gathered together tributes from Professor Strong’s students and colleagues, along with other historical materials about her life, work, and family.

• Retirement Tribute to Prof. Strong (1948)
• Obituary Notice (1955)
• Faculty Tribute to Prof. Strong (1955)
• Biographical Sketch by Elizabeth Ann Bowles (1967)
• Memories of Prof. Strong by Sarah Hamilton Matheson, Class of 1924 (1995)
• Memories of Prof. Strong by Dorothy Yarbrough Zimmerman, Class of 1935 (1995)
• Cornelia Strong to the Mathematics Majors, Courtesy of Nina Ann Barnes Mustian, Class of 1948 (1995)
• Memories of Prof. Strong by Barbara Mangum Bowland, Class of 1951 (1995)
• Genealogy of Cornelia Strong
• “The Grave of Genius” by Hugh Strong (1866)