Ietje Paalman-de Miranda

Aïda Beatrijs “Ietje” Paalman-de Miranda (20 February 1936 – 11 May 2020) was a Surinamese-born Dutch mathematician and full professor.

She was born in Uitvlugt, Paramaribo. When she was 17 years old she moved from Suriname to the Netherlands to study mathematics at the University of Amsterdam. In that era it was very unusual to study mathematics and she was the only woman at the faculty. She graduated cum laude on 23 November 1960. She started a PhD with Johannes de Groot as her supervisor. She got her doctor degree in 1960, also cum laude. In 1980 she became full professor in pure mathematics, becoming the first female full professor of mathematics in Amsterdam.

She married Dolf Paalman (chief pharmacist). They had two children and three grand children.