Shirley

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human

Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.

Aliases (1)

Shirley Ann Jackson ×44

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Science in physics → PhD in physics →
appointedBy	Bill Clinton →
awardReceived	M. L. King Jr. Visiting Professorship at MIT → National Medal of Science → Vannevar Bush Award →
boardMemberOf	FedEx → IBM → Medtronic → Public Service Enterprise Group →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
employer	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute → U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Jackson →
fieldOfWork	condensed matter physics → particle physics → physics → theoretical physics →
givenName	Shirley →
hasHonoraryDegreeFrom	Duke University → Harvard University → Princeton University → Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute → Yale University →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Physical Society → Council on Foreign Relations → National Academy of Engineering →
notableAchievement	first African-American woman to earn a doctorate from MIT → first woman and first African-American to serve as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute → one of the first African-American women to receive a PhD in physics in the United States →
notableFor	advocacy for diversity in STEM → leadership in higher education →
occupation	academic administrator → physicist → university president →
positionHeld	Chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission → President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute →
residence	Troy, New York →
sexOrGender	female →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Shirley Ann Jackson → Shirley Ann Jackson → Shirley Jackson →	givenName