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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 ...
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 · Shirley Ann Jackson. 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.
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, 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 21, 2016 · Learn how Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson broke barriers as the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. from MIT and the first woman to chair the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Discover how she applied her research knowledge in various fields and mentored women in STEM.
Learn about the life and achievements of Shirley Ann Jackson, the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a renowned theoretical physicist. She served in various leadership roles in academia, government, industry, and research, and received numerous honors and awards.
