Dorothy Vaughan
Date of Birth: September 20, 1910 Hometown: Kansas City, MO Education: B.A., Mathematics, Wilberforce University, 1929 Hired by NACA: December 1943 Retired from NASA: 1971...
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Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green
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Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green, one of the first African American women to earn a Ph.D. in physics, holds the distinction of being only the second African...
Angie Lena Turner King
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Born in Elkhorn, West Virginia in 1905, Angie Lena Turner King was a chemist and mathematician who dedicated her life and career to teaching and...
Dr. Harold Amos
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Dr. Harold Amos, the first African American to chair a department of the Harvard Medical School, left an indelible mark on the fields of medicine...
Arthur Bertram Cuthbert Walker
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Arthur Bertram Cuthbert Walker, a renowned astrophysicist, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 24, 1936. He was the only child of Cuthbert Walker, an...
Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett
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Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett is a research fellow and the scientific lead for the Coronavirus Vaccines & Immunopathogenesis Team at the National Institutes of Health...
Samuel Massie
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Organic Chemist Samuel Massie was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on July 3, 1919; his mother, a teacher, and his father, a minister, instilled in...
Bernard A. Harris Jr
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Bernard A. Harris Jr. is a renowned figure in the fields of medicine, space exploration, and business. With a distinguished career that spans various disciplines,...
Gibor Saul Basri
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A Pioneering Career in Astrophysics Astronomer Gibor S. Basri was born on May 3, 1951, in New York City, New York. He is the eldest...
Henry Fitzbutler
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Although mainly known as the founder of Louisville National Medical College, Dr. Henry Fitzbutler was an exceptional physician and educator. Fitzbutler and his wife Sarah Helen McCurdy became activists in their community...