Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Thaxton, Dr. Hubert Mack  January 3, 1974
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The Virginian-Pilot, Wednesday, January 9, 1974

Dr. Hubert Mack Thaxton, Black Pioneer in Physics

NEW YORK - Dr. Hubert Mack Thaxton of 409 Edgecombe Ave., who was considered a 
pioneer for Black scientist in theoretical physics, died January 3 in a 
hospital.

A native of Lynchburg, Va., he was a mathematical physicist in the Mathematics 
Department of New York City College for 30 years.

He was the husband of Mrs. Lydia Robinson Thaxton. He was a member of the 
American Mathematical Society and American Physics Society and listed in Who Is 
Who in Science. He had written more than 200 published articles that appeared in 
14 different languages in leading scientific journals of various countries. He 
also had done work for NASA.

Besides his widow, survivors include two daughters, Misses Marian Edwina Thaxton 
and Paddy Rose Thaxton of New York.

The body was sent to Hale Funeral Home in Norfolk, where a funeral service will 
be held today at noon by the Rev. Joseph N. Green of Grace Episcopal Church. 
Burial will be in the family plot of Calvary Cemetery, Norfolk.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the H. Mack Thaxton 
Scholarship Fund, Francis M. Redhead, executive director and accountant, 
Caribbean House inc., 410 E. 26th St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

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