The scientist Shirley Ann Jackson

Shirley Ann Jackson

Living place: DC

Birthday: 5-8-1946 (78 years old)

Global rank: #92059

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Who is The scientist Shirley Ann Jackson?
Famous as the first woman and African-American chair of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, this renowned physicist also served as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. During her stellar career, she worked for AT&T Bell Laboratories and taught at Rutgers University.
She sits on the Boards of the Smithsonian Institution, the New York Stock Exchange, the Brookings Institution, and many other high-profile institutions.
 
 

Young / Before famous

After earning a bachelor's degree in theoretical physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she became the institution's first American, female African PhD graduate. Early in her career, she was a researcher at Illinois' Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

Family life info

The daughter of George and Beatrice Jackson, she spent her youth in Washington, D.C. Her marriage to university physics teacher Morris A. Washington produced a son named Alan.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling The scientist Shirley Ann Jackson?
She is a contemporary of the famous African-American co-physicist Jim Gates.

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When was The scientist Shirley Ann Jackson born?
Shirley Ann Jackson birthday 5-8-1946 (at the age of 78).
Where is The scientist Shirley Ann Jackson's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Shirley Ann Jackson was born in . is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Shirley Ann Jackson's global rank is 92059 and whose rank is 726 in list of famous The scientist.
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Events in 1946 and 5-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Shirley Ann Jackson

  • First meeting of United Nations General Assembly opens in London (Jan. 10).
  • League of Nations dissolved (April).
  • Italy abolishes monarchy (June).
  • The Philippines gains independence from the United States (July 4).
  • 12 Nazi leaders (including 1 tried in absentia) are sentenced to hang, 7 imprisoned, and 3 acquitted in the Nuremberg trials (Oct. 1). Background: Defining Genocide
  • Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech warns of Soviet expansion. Background: The Cold War
  • Juan Perón becomes president of Argentina.

Birthday Shirley Ann Jackson (5-8) in history

  • Day 5-8 year 1861: For the first time, the U.S. government levied an income tax.
  • Day 5-8 year 1884: The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid on Bedloe's Island.
  • Day 5-8 year 1914: The first electric traffic lights were installed in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Day 5-8 year 1962: Marilyn Monroe died.
  • Day 5-8 year 1963: The United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union signed the limited Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, in outer space, and underwater.
  • Day 5-8 year 1969: The U.S. space probe Mariner 7 transmitted pictures of Mars.
  • Day 5-8 year 1984: Joan Benoit won the first Olympic women's marathon.
  • Day 5-8 year 2002: The gun turret of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor was raised from the ocean floor.
  • Day 5-8 year 2003: The Rev. Gene Robinson was approved as the first openly gay bishop by the U.S. Episcopal Church.
  • Day 5-8 year 2012: The plutonium-powered rover Curiosity successfully lands on Mars. Larger than earlier rovers, Curiosity will spend two years examining the land, looking for evidence that conditions on Mars are fit for life.
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