Friday, June 5, 2020

1955 ---- Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson --- Begins collecting live bumblees and observing their reactions to changes in diet and light exposure.

The Remarkable Career of Shirley Ann Jackson | MIT Technology Review

Shirley Ann Jackson
FREng 
(born August 5, 1946)

Honors and distinctions

She is an active voice in numerous committees 
Jackson continues to be involved in politics and public policy. In 2008 she became the University Vice Chairman of the US Council on Competitiveness, a non-for profit group based in Washington, DC.

 In 2009, 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.[43]
 
She was appointed an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 2012.[44]
 
She received a Candace Award for Technology from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women in 1982.[45]

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