Shirley Ann Jackson(born 1946 in Wash., D.C.)

• Theoretical physicist

• 1st African-Am. Woman Ph.D. in any field from MIT in 1973

• In 1996 only 3 Afr.-Am. Women earned Ph.D.s in physics

• 1st woman to head the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• New president of Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy, NY

• University endowment / minority & female recruitment

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