Category : Science – Technology

Born on 23 May 1934 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Willie Hobbs Moore was the first African American woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in physics...

Margaret Collins, a pioneering scientist, and civil rights activist.  While her fieldwork has been written about previously, that is clearly just one part of a...

A Pioneer in Space Medicine and Aerospace Science Dr. Yvonne Darlene Cagle is a renowned astronaut and medical professional who has made significant contributions to...

Born in 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts. Enjoys snow skiing, music, stamp collecting, and traveling. Graduated from Taconic High School, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1984. Bachelor of...

Joan Higginbotham began her career in 1987 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida, as a Payload Electrical Engineer in the Electrical and Telecommunications Systems...

Donna Auguste founded Freshwater Software, Inc. in 1996 to provide companies with tools that would help them monitor and enhance their presence on the Internet....

Dr. Bettye Washington Greene (1935-1995), believed to be the first African-American female chemist employed to work in a professional position at the Dow Chemical Company....

Jeanette J. Epps was selected by NASA in 2009 as an astronaut. She completed astronaut candidate training which included scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction...

Arthur Bertram Cuthbert Walker, Jr. was an African American physicist and educator who helped develop solar telescopes used in 1987 to capture the first detailed...

Warren M. Washington is a pioneering meteorologist and an expert in atmospheric science, climate research, and computer modeling of the earth’s climate.  Washington was born...