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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, FREng (born August 5, 1946) is an American physicist, and was the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is the first African American woman to have earned a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics, [1] and the first African American woman ...
May 13, 2024 · Shirley Ann Jackson (born August 5, 1946, Washington, D.C., U.S.) is an American scientist and educator and the first Black woman to receive a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Sep 22, 2006 · Biography. Digital Archive. Renowned physicist and university president Shirley Ann Jackson was born on August 5, 1946, in Washington, D.C., to George Hiter Jackson and Beatrice Cosby Jackson. When Jackson was a child, her mother would read her the biography of Benjamin Banneker, an African American scientist and mathematician who helped build ...
Dec 19, 2017 · Shirley Ann Jackson ’68, PhD ’73, worked to help bring about more diversity at MIT, where she was the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate. She then applied her mix of vision and...
Shirley Ann Jackson, noted physicist and former head of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), was one of the first two Black American women to receive a doctorate in physics in the U.S. and the first to receive a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mar 3, 2007 · Dr. Shirley Jackson is married to a physicist and has one son. Subjects: African American History, People. Terms: 20th Century (1900-1999), Gender - Women, United States - Illinois, United States - New York, Government - Appointed, STEM - Engineers, United States - Massachusetts, United States-Washington D.C. Donate.
Mar 21, 2016 · Building on Dreams: Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson’s Path of Firsts - National Science and Technology Medals Foundation. March 21, 2016. Share. Driven by her own interests, Jackson explains why nurturing passions is pivotal. Everyone starts with a dream.
