# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mina-rees
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:43:10.948Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mina-rees"
name: "Mina Rees"
slug: "mina-rees"
description: "Mina Spiegel Rees was an American mathematician. She is known for her assistance to the US Government during WWII, as well as making several breakthroughs for women in science. Her most notable accomplishments include becoming the first female President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1971) and head of the mathematics department of the Office of Naval Research of the US. Rees was a pioneer in the history of computing and helped establish funding streams and institutional infrastructure for research. She also helped other women succeed in mathematics with her involvement in the Association for Women in Mathematics as well as her life-long career as a professor at Hunter College."
tagline: "American mathematician (1902–1997)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/26/Mina_Rees.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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birthDate: "1902-08-02"
deathDate: "1997-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump