Shirley Ann Jackson
(born August 5, 1946)
In June 2010, it was announced that the Rensselaer Board of Trustees unanimously voted to extend Jackson a ten-year contract renewal, which she accepted.[32]
Shirley Ann Jackson's compensation ranked 1st among US private university presidents in 2014.[33]
A 2015 Time Magazine article cited Jackson as the highest-paid college president, who "took home a base salary of $945,000 plus another $276,474 in bonuses, $31,874 in nontaxable benefits, and $5.8 million in deferred compensation, for a stunning $7.1 million in total.
That works out to more than $1,000 per student at her school".[34] In fall of 2018, another contract extension was approved by the board of trustees through the end of June 2022.[35]
Honors and distinctions
Jackson has received many fellowships, including the Martin Marietta Aircraft Company Scholarship and Fellowship, the Prince Hall Masons Scholarship, the National Science Foundation Traineeship, and a Ford Foundation Advanced Study Fellowship.
She has been elected to numerous special societies, including the American Philosophical Society.[36] In 2014, she was named a recipient of the National Medal of Science.[37][38]
In the early 1990s, then- New Jersey Governor James Florio awarded Jackson the Thomas Alva Edison Science Award for her contributions to physics and for the promotion of science.
In 2001, she received the Richtmyer Memorial Award given annually by the American Association of Physics Teachers. She has also received many honorary doctorate degrees.[39]
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