User:Tjrxhp/Matilene Berryman

Education and career[edit]
Berryman earned a baccalaureate degree in mathematics from American University and a Masters in marine affairs, concentrating in oceanography and sonar engineering from the University of Rhode Island.

In 1957, she joined the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office in Maryland and taught courses on statistics and dynamics of the ocean and underwater sound to US and foreign naval reserve officers. Berryman was a professor of marine science at the University of the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C. and served as Chair of the Department of Environmental Sciences from 1970 to 1981.

Berryman was a major advocate of education, which led to her appointment as Physical Science Administrator in the Executive Office of the President of the National Council on Marine Research and Development. Through this appointment, she served on an ad hoc committee to develop job opportunities for minorities in the marine science and oceanography fields.

She believed that education "is the key that could truly spell the difference between abject poverty and the extreme wealth of that one percent of the population". She continued her education by earning a law degree from Howard University.

My Edits
Berryman was appointed a council position at the Defense Documentation Center (DDC) where she served as the only women on the council. Berryman was well known for her work ethic among her peers, with accounts stating, "she barely had time to organize her desk, win first place for needle work in the Centre's Home Show, and submit her first beneficial suggestion when the letter arrived". Berryman's appointment was a large part of her effort to uplift youth and minorities in the fields of oceanography and science, fields which she was passionate about.

Education Section:

Berryman often found herself in the position of being the only women in her school or place of work, with some noting that Berryman “was the lone representative of her sex in a sonar engineering class of 46 students at Penn State University.”

Response to peer review
* Note: There was no peer review on my article, will be responding to peer review on EmKett's article*

We can try to find more information on Samuel T. Berryman. From the sources I've looked over, more information about Matilene's daughters are available than her husband. I get the impression that Samual may not have been a very significant figure in Matilene's career or achievements. Matilene was heavily involved in her daughters careers, which may be way more information is available about them.

Matilene's textbook has been difficult to find online, but I do plan to add more information about her textbook. I get the sense it isn't still used much in academia, so it has been difficult to find non-hard copies of it.