THE MAKING OF A MENTOR

Abstract

Dr. Abdulalim A. Shabazz, who taught at Clark Atlanta University for many years, had a well deserved reputation as a mentor to numerous students of mathematics, particularly advanced students, who achieved the masters and doctoral degrees. Before he changed his name, he was born Lonnie Cross. This talk will seek to present from written records of his time as a graduate student at MIT, 1950-51, how aspects of his making as a mentor may have been formed. We explore how the environment at that time; the professors, administrators and students, contributed to this formation