Shirley Jackson

Shirley Ann Jackson




Facts in Brief
  • Birth: August 5, 1946 in Washington, D.C.
  • Parents: Beatrice and George Jackson
  • Education: B.S. and Ph.D. (Physics) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Honors/Awards/Medals Earned:Appointed to chair the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Elected as chairman of the newly formed International Nuclear RegulatorsŐ Association Joined the ranks of U S college presidents on July 1, 1999 when she assumed the top position at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was featured on the cover of the March issue of Black Issues in Higher Education. Graduated from Roosevelt High School as valedictorian of her class,Earned Bachelor of Science degree in physics from MIT Became first African American woman to be awarded a doctorate in theoretical solid state physics,Awarded New Jersey Governor's Award in Science, Appointed to chair the U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission,Elected as chairman of the newly formed International Nuclear Regulators' Association,joined the ranks of U. S. college presidents on July 1, 1999 when she assumed the top position at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute She was featured on the cover of the March issue of Black Issues in Higher Education.
  • Died: Still Living

    From 1991 to 1995, Dr. Jackson serving concurrently with her professorship at Rutgers as a consultant in semiconductor theory to AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J. Dr. Jackson was appointed as Commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and assumed the Chairmanship on May 2,1995. 1964-Graduated from Roosevelt High School as valedictorian of her class 1968- Earned Bachelor of Science degree in physics from MIT 1973- Became first African American woman to be awarded a doctorate in theoretical solid state physics 1993- Awarded New Jersey Governor's Award in Science 1995- Appointed to chair the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1997- Elected as chairman of the newly formed International Nuclear Regulator's Association 1999- Joined the ranks of U. S. college presidents on July 1, 1999 when she assumed the top position at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was featured on the cover of the March issue of Black Issues in Higher Education.

    Shirley Jackson is most remembered for her being a Theoretical Physics. And getting good grades. because that is what got her where she is at.


    Bibliography

    http://www.founders.howard.edu/camp99/diana/defaultw2.htm

    The American woman volume II 1999 Jennifer Mass man

     http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/jackson.htm

    Britannica Encyclopedia 1994 Peter Norton

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