Shirley Ann Jackson
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Shirley Ann Jackson is an African American physicist and the 18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is the first African American woman to earn a doctorate at the Massachusetts Instit
Jackson medal of science
Delta Sigma Theta
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is a historically African American sorority. The organization was founded by college-educated women dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that assis
Shirley Ann Jackson
…Jackson is married to Morris A. Washington, a physics professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and they have one adult son. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Jackson and her husband were named to the inaugural class of the Capital Region Philanthropy Hall of Fame in 2019…
Nineteen of the Delta Sigma Theta founders in 1913
Members at the 1921 national convention (l to r): front, Virginia Margaret Alexander, Julia Mae Polk, Sadie Tanner Mossell; row 2, Anna R. Johnson, Nellie Rathbone Bright, Pauline Alice Young
50th Anniversary 1963
President Obama meeting with Delta leaders