SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON

AIM FOR THE STARS SO THAT YOU CAN REACH THE TREETOPS & AT LEAST YOU'LL GET OFF THE GROUND" IS WHAT SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON'S FATHER TOLD HER. IN 1964 SHE WAS VALEDICTORIAN OF THEN SEGREGATED ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. SHE WAS AMONG THE FIRST WAVE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS TO ATTEND M.I.T. IN 1973 SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO EARN A DOCTORATE DEGREE FOR PHYSICS FROM M.I.T. IN 1995 SHE WAS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON AS THE CHAIRMAN FOR THE NRC (NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISION) BECOMING THE FIRST WOMAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN TO HOLD THAT POSITION. IN 1988 DR. SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON WAS INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL WOMAN'S HALL OF FAME.