
A native of Whitefield, New Hampshire, Dr. Killam was valedictorian of her high school class. She earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of New Hampshire as the top student in the College of Technology. She went on to earn a master’s degree at the University of New Hampshire and a Ph.D. at Yale University.
Dr. Killam joined the mathematics faculty at the University of Massachusetts in 1960. She taught there for 31 years, retiring in 1991.


