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	Gale Schools - Women's History Month - Biographies - Shirley Ann Jackson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Shirley Ann Jackson is a theoretical physicist who has spent her career researching and teaching about particle physics —the branch of physics which uses theories and mathematics to predict the existence of subatomic particles and the forces that bind them together.
		Jackson is an active voice in numerous committees of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the National Science Foundation, where her aim has been to actively promote women in science.
		Jackson is very involved in university life at Rutgers University, where in addition to being professor of physics she is also on the board of trustees.
	www.galeschools.com /womens_history/bio/jackson_s.htm (972 words)

	Harvard Gazette: More support for science, research needed in U.S.
		Shirley Ann Jackson is alarmed by what she calls a confluence of negative factors - or a "perfect storm" - that is progressively making the United States lose ground in scientific development.
		Speaking at Harvard on May 3, Jackson, a physicist and the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), pointed out that one of the main challenges for the United States is sustaining its national capacity to advance in science.
		Jackson, who had begun her schooling in a segregated grammar school, attended an integrated high school where she was able to take advantage of an enriched science curriculum.
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2004/05.13/11-jackson.html (924 words)

	Shirley Jackson - Physicist of the African Diaspora
		Shirley Jackson - Physicist of the African Diaspora
		Jackson was born on August 5, 1946, in Washington, DC.
		Jackson's thesis, "The Study of a Multiperipheral Model with Continued Cross-Channel Unitarity," was subsequently published in the Annals of Physics in 1975.
	www.math.buffalo.edu /mad/physics/jackson_shirleya.html (1025 words)

	Dr. Shirley Jackson Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Jackson’s career prior to becoming Rensselaer’s president has encompassed senior positions in government, as Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; in industry and research, as a theoretical physicist at the former ATandT Bell Laboratories; and in academe, as a professor of theoretical physics at Rutgers University.
		Jackson was Chairman of the NRC from 1995-1999.
		Jackson was inducted into The National Woman’s Hall of Fame in 1998 for her significant and profound contributions as a distinguished scientist and advocate for education, science, and public policy.
	www.ostp.gov /html/rand/summit/jacksonbio.html (551 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Shirley Jackson (physicist) (via CobWeb/3.1 planet2.scs.cs.nyu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Shirley Ann Jackson (born August 5, 1946) is a famous African-American physicist, and 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
		From 1991 to 1995 Dr. Jackson was a Professor of Physics at Rutgers University in Piscataway and New Brunswick, New Jersey.
		Shirley Jackson is married to Doctor Morris Washington, a physics professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and has one son, Alan, a Dartmouth College alumnus.
	www.reference.com.cob-web.org:8888 /browse/wiki/Shirley_Jackson_(physicist) (1248 words)

	Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Jackson received a BS degree in physics in 1968, and a Ph.D. in theoretical elementary particle physics in 1973, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
		Jackson was a professor of theoretical physics at Rutgers University from 1991 to 1995.
		Jackson holds 33 honorary degrees, was awarded the New Jersey Governor’s Award in Science in 1993, was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1998, and named a fellow of the Association for Women in Science in 2004.
	www.marathon.com /About_Us/Board_of_Directors/Dr_Shirley_Ann_Jackson (255 words)

	African American Registry: Dr. Shirley Jackson, a progressive scientist.
		Jackson was born in Washington, D. where she learned many of her father's principles for life success.
		Jackson became a Research Associate in Theoretical Physics at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory from 1973-1974 and served as a Visiting Science Associate at the European Organization for Nuclear Research from 1974 to 1975.
		From 1976 to 1991 Dr. Jackson was appointed as Professor of Physics at Rutgers University in Piscataway, N.J. From 1991 to 1995, she served concurrently 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 as Chair in 1995.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/2436/Dr_Shirley_Jackson_a_progressive_scientist (370 words)

	Shirley Ann Jackson - Eminent Educator, Researcher, Administrator
		Jackson quotes her father as saying, "Aim for the stars so that you can reach the treetops, and at least you'll get off the ground." Jackson was passionate about science at an early age; she set up a bee-keeping project under the family front porch.
		Jackson was politically active during college and organized the Black Student Association, working to increase the number of minority students on campus.
		Jackson graduated from MIT with an SB in physics in 1968 and a PhD in physics in 1973.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/biographies_scientists/109313 (469 words)

	National Women's Hall of Fame - Women of the Hall
		Shirley Ann Jackson, noted physicist and head of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), was one of the first two African-American women to receive a doctorate in physics in the United States and the first African-American woman to receive a doctorate in any field from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
		As a noted physicist, her work in the interaction of electrons on liquid helium films with surface excitations as a polaron problem gained her election as a fellow of the American Physical Society.
		The numerous awards and honors Jackson has received affirm her leadership in education, science and public policy, and demonstrate the capability of women and minorities to join the leadership ranks in the fields of science and technology.
	www.greatwomen.org /women.php?action=viewone&id=85 (318 words)

	The New York Times > College > Faculty > Presidential Perspectives: Biography of Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.
		Shirley Ann Jackson is the president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.
		Jackson holds a Ph.D. in theoretical elementary particle physics from M.I.T. (1973) and a S.B. in physics from M.I.T. Dr. Jackson’s research specialty is in theoretical condensed matter physics, especially layered systems, and the physics of opto-electronic materials.
		Jackson was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1998 for her significant and profound contributions as a distinguished scientist and advocate for education, science, and public policy.
	www.nytimes.com /ref/college/faculty/coll_pres_jacksonbio.html (1459 words)

	Augsburg College - News and Events
		Jackson, a theoretical physicist, holds a Ph.D. in theoretical elementary particle physics from M.I.T. and a S.B. in physics from M.I.T. She is the first African-American woman to receive a doctorate from M.I.T., and is one of the first two African-American women to receive a doctorate in physics in the United States.
		Jackson has held senior positions in government, as chairperson of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); in industry and research, as a theoretical physicist at the former ATandT Bell Laboratories; and in academe as a professor at Rutgers University.
		Among the number of professional organizations Jackson belongs to, she is president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
	www.augsburg.edu /news/news-archives/2004/jackson.html (235 words)

	Rensselaer.MAG - September 1999
		Jackson was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame (l) in 1998; she taught physics at Rutgers 1991-95 (r).
		Jackson credits her success to the bedrock guidance of her parents and their belief in education as the basis for success and good citizenship.
		Jackson, who had begun her schooling in a segregated grammar school, by secondary school was attending the integrated Roosevelt High School where she was able to take advantage of an enriched science curriculum—and from which she graduated as valedictorian.
	www.rpi.edu /dept/NewsComm/Magazine/sept99/jackson_1.html (1039 words)

	Jackson is president of RPI - MIT News Office
		Professor Jackson describes herself as a "change agent." While an undergraduate at MIT, she was a founder of the Black Students Association and helped increase the number of African Americans entering the Institute from two to 57 in just one year.
		She is a remarkable physicist as well as a remarkable person who has made significant contributions to industry, academia and government," he said.
		A native of Washington, DC, Professor Jackson is married to Professor Morris A. Washington, a physicist at Bell Laboratories.
	web.mit.edu /newsoffice/1999/jackson-0113.html (830 words)

	Jackson
		Shirley Ann Jackson, a theoretical physicist with a long string of "first" behind her name, is a driver of engineering development, here and around the world.
		Dr. Jackson, who continued her education with summer theoretical courses in Erice, Sicily, and l'Ecole d'ete de Physique Theoretique at Les Houches, France, during the mid-1970s, also served as a lecturer at the Advanced Study Institute run by NATO at Antwerp, Belgium.
		Dr. Jackson, who also has continued active teaching duties during her career, was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame, in 1998, and won the National Society of Black Engineers' Golden Torch Award for Lifetime Achievement in Academia, in March 2000.
	www.blackengineer.com /PDA/people/Jackson.htm (515 words)

	ASEE PRISM - Nov 1999 - Shirley Ann Jackson
		Her father, a postal supervisor, and her mother, a social worker, encouraged Jackson to pursue her passions ("You have to aim for the stars to reach the treetops," her father would quip), and her siblings, two sisters and a brother, all recognized her natural talents for leadership.
		And Jackson's evenhanded treatment of explosive nuclear regulatory issues has earned her respect from public safety watchdogs and members of the nuclear industry alike; she is credited with wisely resolving some of the toughest dilemmas the NRC has ever faced.
		Jackson entered the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at one of the lowest points in its history, with a wary public distrustful that the agency charged with overseeing the safe use of nuclear materials might be too cozy with the industry.
	www.prism-magazine.org /nov99/html/profile.htm (1711 words)

	AAAS - AAAS News Release
		AAAS President Shirley Ann Jackson warned Thursday that U.S. economic growth and homeland security are being threatened by declining federal investment in scientific research and by declining student interest in science and technology.
		The event was supported by General Mills, maker of Wheaties cereal, and each of the winners received a box of Wheaties with his or her picture on it.
		Jackson, a theoretical physicist, is president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, the nation's oldest degree-granting, private, technological research university.
	www.aaas.org /news/releases/2004/0716jackson.shtml (625 words)

	shirley jackson (physicist) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
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		Shirley Jackson (December 14, 1919 – August 8, 1965) was an American author who wrote short stories and novels.
		The tone of most of her works is odd and macabre, with an impending sense of doom, often framed by very ordinary settings and characters.
	www.vocamania.com /shirley_jackson_(physicist).aspx (351 words)

	Chemical & Engineering News: EDUCATION - REENGINEERING RENSSELAER
		Jackson was born in 1946 of middle-class parents and grew up in the then-segregated city of Washington, D.C. In the early 1950s, she was bused to an all-fl grammar school several miles from her home.
		Jackson adds, "We will identify other research opportunities not in biotechnology and IT." She emphasizes that there will be a "full research portfolio," but many faculty are not yet convinced and are concerned that areas of research outside the two main thrusts will, in some fashion, be neglected.
		Jackson is now spending a good bit of her time and energy raising the visibility of the institute, which is the purpose of a major advertising campaign in the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal featuring four faculty researchers.
	pubs.acs.org /cen/education/print/7843educ2.html (7158 words)

	Shirley Ann Jackson to Address 2004 Graduates \| College of the Holy Cross
		A theoretical physicist, Jackson received her doctoral degree in theoretical elementary particle physics from M.I.T. in 1973.
		Prior to becoming Rensselaer's president, Jackson held senior positions in government, as chairperson of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; in industry, as a theoretical physicist at the former AT&T Bell Laboratories; and in higher education, as a professor of theoretical physics at Rutgers University.
		Jackson is the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. from M.I.T. in any subject area and one of the first two African-American women to receive a doctorate in physics in the United States.
	www.holycross.edu /publicaffairs/features/2003-2004/commencement04 (885 words)

	Tolerance.org: WOMEN IN SCIENCE: Shirley Ann Jackson
		Jackson, though, has said she is less concerned with being first and more concerned in making sure young African American woman — and others who remain under-represented in the sciences — follow the paths trailblazed by woman such as her.
		Jackson won't be satisfied to go down in history as the "first fl woman" of anything, she says, unless the familiar phrase is followed by two more words: "of many."
		Jackson is credited with restoring faith to the NRC, drawing praise from agency critics and supporters alike.
	www.tolerance.org /news/article_tol.jsp?id=1184 (641 words)

	UMBC News
		The first woman and African-American to serve as NRC chair,Jackson was appointed by President Clinton in 1995 as the principal executive officer and official spokesperson for the NRC, an agency responsible for licensing and regulating nuclear facilities and materials in the United States.
		Jackson has worked to uphold the commission's charge to protect the environment and public health, safety, defense and security in the use of nuclear materials.
		Prior to her appointment at the NRC, Jackson, a theoretical physicist, was a professor at Rutgers University, a research scientist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois and a consultant for such companies as AT&T Bell Laboratories.
	www.umbc.edu /NewsEvents/releases/archives/1998/08/us_nuclear_regu.html (400 words)

	Ask Us A Question (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Although Jackson claimed to have been born in 1919 in order to appear younger than her husband, biographer Judy Oppenheimer determined that she was actually born in 1916.
		After Jackson's death, her husband released a posthumous volume of her work, Come Along With Me, containing several chapters of her unfinished last novel as well as several rare short stories (among them "Louisa, Please Come Home") and three speeches given by Jackson in her writing seminars.
		Jackson's papers are available in the Library of Congress.
	www.anaheimcaus.com /topic/Shirley_Jackson (784 words)

	TechEd2000-Keynote - Shirley Jackson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Shirley Ann Jackson became the eighteenth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on July 1, 1999.
		Jackson's career prior to becoming Rensselaer's president has encompassed senior positions in government, as Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; in industry and research, as a theoretical physicist at the former AT&T Bell Laboratories; and in academe, as a professor of theoretical physics at Rutgers University.
		She is one of the first two African-American women to receive a doctorate in physics in the U.S. She is both the first woman and the first African-American to serve as the chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and now the first African-American woman to lead a national research university.
	www.techedevents.org /teched/teched2k/jackson.html (129 words)

	Shirley Ann Jackson to lecture at NJIT on energy security and education
		Jackson, who holds a doctorate in theoretical elementary particle physics from MIT, is speaking at the invitation of NJIT's Albert Dorman Honors College, the Educational Opportunity Program, the Murray Center for Women in Technology and the Technology and Society Forum Committee.
		Jackson has served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and chaired the AAAS board of directors.
		Jackson is a trustee of the Brookings Institution, a life member of the MIT Corporation, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Executive Committee of the Council on Competitiveness.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2006-01/njio-saj012006.php (402 words)

	AT&T News Release, 2001-06-20, Shirley A. Jackson and J. Michael Cook Elected to AT&T Board of Directors
		Jackson is currently president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a leading private co-education institution in Troy, New York that emphasizes science and engineering technology and was founded in 1824.
		Prior to her appointment as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1999, Jackson, 54, served as chairwoman and commissioner of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 1995 through 1999.
		Jackson spent also 25 years as a theoretical physicist at Bell Laboratories and was a physics professor at Rutgers University.
	www.att.com /news/2001/06/20-3872 (654 words)

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