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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:engineer
gptkb:physicist
university president
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
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gptkbp:awardReceived
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gptkb:AAAS_Philip_Hauge_Abelson_Prize
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Vannevar_Bush_Award
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1946-08-05
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
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gptkbp:boardMemberOf
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gptkb:FedEx
gptkb:IBM
gptkb:Medtronic
gptkb:Public_Service_Enterprise_Group
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Alan_Washington
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gptkbp:degree
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PhD in Physics
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gptkbp:employer
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gptkb:AT&T_Bell_Laboratories
gptkb:Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute
gptkb:Rutgers_University
gptkb:U.S._Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission
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gptkbp:fieldOfWork
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gptkb:theoretical_physics
nuclear physics
physics
telecommunications
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gptkbp:honoraryDegree
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gptkb:Clark_Atlanta_University
gptkb:Duke_University
gptkb:Georgetown_University
gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Morehouse_College
gptkb:Polytechnic_University_of_New_York
gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute
gptkb:Spelman_College
gptkb:Tufts_University
gptkb:Yale_University
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson
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gptkbp:knownFor
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research in condensed matter physics
advocacy for diversity in STEM
leadership in science and engineering education
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Engineering
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
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gptkbp:notableAchievement
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first African-American woman to earn a doctorate in nuclear physics in the U.S.
first African-American woman to earn a doctorate at MIT
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gptkbp:position
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President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Chairwoman, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Morris_A._Washington
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gptkbp:termEnd
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1999
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gptkbp:termStart
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1995
1999
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:National_Society_of_Black_Physicists
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7
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