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Feb 1, 2007 · Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D., became the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on July 1, 1999. She holds a doctorate in theoretical elementary particle physics from MIT (1973) and an S.B. in physics from MIT (1968).
Shirley Ann Jackson is an American scientist and educator and the first Black woman to receive a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Jackson helped develop technologies that made communication faster and easier and was an advocate for minority representation in academia,
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May 7, 2019 · The odds were against Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson when she started school. As an African American girl, she was limited by segregation, despite a deep-rooted interest in science and math and a drive a to learn.
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.
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 to ...
Dec 1, 2011 · When Shirley Ann Jackson was in elementary school in the 1950s, she would prowl her family’s backyard, collecting bumblebees, yellow jackets and wasps. She would bottle them in mayonnaise jars...
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Jun 22, 2016 · Shirley Ann Jackson. BSc in Physics, PhD in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics, MIT. Senior leadership positions in academia, government, industry, and research. 1995-99, Chairman, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Since 1999, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Former Member, President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology.
