Jackson publicly announced she would be stepping down from her post as president as of July 1, 2022, after 23 years
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Shirley Ann Jackson
Shirley Ann Jackson is an African American physicist and the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is the first African American woman to earn a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics. She is also the second African American woman in the United States to earn a doctorate in physics.
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Born 5 August 1946 · Q3482342
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2021· 5 entries
Won Clark Kerr Medal (2021).
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Won Oersted Medal (2021).
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Received, from the UC Berkeley Academic Senate, the Clark Kerr Award for distinguished leadership in higher education
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Was the recipient of the Hans Christian Oersted Medal from the American Association of Physics Teachers
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2019· 2 entries
Awarded Joseph A. Burton Forum Award (2019).
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The American Physical Society Forum on Physics and Society awarded her the Joseph A
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2014· 2 entries
Won National Medal of Science (2014).
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Was named a recipient of the National Medal of Science
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2011· 2 entries
Awarded Philip Hauge Abelson Prize (2011).
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The RPI Student Senate passed a motion to request that the administration to review her performance and consider her removal due to a “broad sense of dissatisfaction and low morale among students, faculty, staff and alum
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2010· 1 entry
The Troy Zoning Board of Appeals denied RPI's request for a zoning variance allowing them to construct the new house at a height of 44 feet (13 m), which would exceed the 25-foot (7
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2009· 1 entry
President Barack Obama appointed Jackson to serve on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, a 20-member advisory group dedicated to public policy
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2008· 1 entry
Became the University Vice Chairman of the US Council on Competitiveness, a nonprofit group based in Washington, DC
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2007· 3 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Miami (2007).
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Awarded Vannevar Bush Award (2007).
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Received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member Ben Carson
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2006· 3 entries
Awarded Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2006).
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Awarded honorary doctor of Harvard University (2006).
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The faculty of RPI (including a number of ‘’emeritus’’ faculty) voted 155 to 149 against a vote of no-confidence in Jackson
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2005· 1 entry
Career landmark: board member (2005–2017).
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2002· 1 entry
Discover magazine recognized her as one of the 50 most important women in science
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award (2001).
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Received the Richtmyer Memorial Award given annually by the American Association of Physics Teachers
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2000· 2 entries
Awarded honorary degree from Spelman College (2000).
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Awarded Women in Technology Hall of Fame (2000).
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1999· 1 entry
Jackson became the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
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1998· 2 entries
Awarded National Women's Hall of Fame (1998).
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For "her significant contributions as a distinguished scientist and advocate for education, science, and public policy
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1995· 1 entry
Was appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve as chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), becoming the first woman and first African American to hold that position
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1992· 1 entry
Published “Atoms, molecules, solids, and surfaces: Applications of the generalized gradient approximation for exchange and correlation” in Physical Review B — cited 21,744 times.
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1982· 1 entry
Awarded Candace Award (1982).
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1978· 1 entry
And moved to the Solid State and Quantum Physics Research Department in 1988
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1976· 2 entries
Where she examined the fundamental properties of various materials
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With these six specifically enumerated inventions occurring between 1954 and 1970
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1973· 2 entries
Becoming the first African American woman to earn a doctorate degree from MIT
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Studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Doctor of Philosophy (1973).
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1968· 1 entry
Studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Science (1968).
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1964· 1 entry
Enrolled at MIT to study theoretical physics, earning her B
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1946· 1 entry
Born 1946-08-05.
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