A fact from Thyrsa Frazier Svager appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 May 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that African-American mathematics professor Thyrsa Frazier Svager and her physics professor husband Aleksandar Svager lived on one salary to build a scholarship fund?
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One ref says she graduated at age 15. Another in 1947. Both can't be right. Either she was 16 or she graduated in 1946. I've currently set this at 16 and 1947 so it at least makes sense. HalfGigtalk12:49, 6 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
