The first African-American woman to earn an MIT doctorate, Shirley Ann Jackson ’68, PhD ’73, worked to help the Institute begin to diversify. She then applied her mix of vision and pragmatism ...
NEW WATERFORD — Shirley Ann Jackson, 83, passed away on Jan. 27, 2025. Shirley was born on Sept. 25, 1941, to the late John and Hannah Gilmore. She resided in New Waterford all of her life and ...
Alexander Miles, Charles Richard Drew, Marie Van Brittan Brown, Shirley Ann Jackson, and Mark E. Dean are just a few notable African-American inventors. We live in a world with blood banks ...