Dorothy Geneva Styles (December 13, 1922 - February 12, 1984) was an American composer, mathematician, organist, and poet. Styles was born in

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, Arkansas, to Minnie A. Shelnut and Alfred Alexander Styles. She demonstrated musical talent as a child, performing on WEXL radio at age 10, and giving music lessons as a teenager. Styles married Dennis Glenn Van Eck in 1941 and divorced him in 1945. She graduated from the

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and received a B.Mus. from the

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in 1945, a B.S. from

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in 1954, and an M.A. from the

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in 1970. Styles taught and also worked as an organist at Hazel Park Baptist Tabernacle in Hazel Park, Michigan, and as a choir director at St. Timothy’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wayne, Michigan. Her publications included:

Prose

*A Prime Number Theorem *An Extension of the Idea of Countability as Applied to Real Numbers *Centaur *Projections of the Natural Harmonic Series: Some Implications *Sea Chanty *Young Verses for the Early Old

Vocal

*“I Sing a Song” *“Japanese Raindrops” (music by Bernadette Daria Bohdanowycz; words by Styles) *“Love Song” *“Lullaby” *“Mother, Tell Me” *“Mrs. Santa Claus Loves Mr. Santa Claus” *“Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag”

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Styles, Dorothy Geneva American women composers American mathematicians American women mathematicians American poets 1922 births 1984 deaths