A new historical marker that was proposed by Meredith College students will be unveiled in Greensboro on October 5, 2026.
Meredith College history students contributed to the successful approval of a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker honoring NASA pioneer Virginia Layden Tucker. The new marker was approved on December 16, 2025.
Students in Professor of History Dan Fountain’s Spring 2025 “Meredith College History” class conducted the research behind the successful proposal. Fountain is the director of Meredith’s public history program.
“Virginia Layden Tucker, born in 1909 in Hertford, North Carolina, was a pioneering mathematician who led the human computer division at NASA and advanced aeronautical research and women’s roles in science and engineering,” Fountain said. “Tucker was a graduate of the Woman’s College (now UNC Greensboro) and recruited Meredith College students for the crucial mathematical work at NASA.”
This is the second North Carolina Highway Historical Marker that Meredith students have successfully proposed.
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