Shirley Ann Jackson

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:engineer
gptkb:physicist
university president
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:AAAS_Philip_Hauge_Abelson_Prize
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Vannevar_Bush_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1946-08-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:boardMemberOf gptkb:FedEx
gptkb:IBM
gptkb:Medtronic
gptkb:Public_Service_Enterprise_Group
gptkbp:children gptkb:Alan_Washington
gptkbp:degree PhD in Physics
gptkbp:employer gptkb:AT&T_Bell_Laboratories
gptkb:Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute
gptkb:Rutgers_University
gptkb:U.S._Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:theoretical_physics
condensed matter physics
nuclear physics
physics
telecommunications
gptkbp:honoraryDegree gptkb:Clarkson_University
gptkb:Duke_University
gptkb:Georgetown_University
gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:Polytechnic_University_of_New_York
gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute
gptkb:Tufts_University
gptkb:Yale_University
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shirley Ann Jackson
gptkbp:knownFor advocacy for STEM education
leadership in science and engineering
public policy in science and technology
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Engineering
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableAchievement 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
gptkbp:position Chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Morris_A._Washington
gptkbp:termEnd 1999
gptkbp:termStart 1995
1999
gptkbp:thesisTitle gptkb:The_Study_of_a_Multiperipheral_Model_with_Continued_Cross-Channel_Unitarity
gptkbp:thesisYear 1973
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:Public_Welfare_Medal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 2