Shirley Ann Jackson
Physicist, Organization leader
1946 –
Who is Shirley Ann Jackson?
Shirley Ann Jackson, 61, is president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is a member of IBMs Directors and Corporate Governance Committee. Dr. Jackson was a theoretical physicist at the former ATT Bell Laboratories from 1976 to 1991, professor of theoretical physics at Rutgers University from 1991 to 1995 and chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 1995 until she assumed her current position in 1999. Dr. Jackson is a director of FedEx Corporation, Marathon Oil Corp., Medtronic, Inc., Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated and NYSE Euronext. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Jackson is past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Philosophical Society. Dr. Jackson became an IBM director in 2005.
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- Born
- Aug 5, 1946
Washington, D.C. - Also known as
- Shirley A Jackson
- Shirley Ann Jackson, PhD.
- Shirley Jackson
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Physics
( - 1968) - Doctorate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Theoretical physics
( - 1973)
- Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Employment
- President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(1999 - ) - AT&T Bell Laboratories
(1976 - 1991) - Professor, Theoretical Physics, Rutgers University
(1991 - 1995)
- President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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on July 23, 2013
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