Shirley

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

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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

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Shirley Ann Jackson
Shirley Ann Jackson
Shirley Jackson
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