Jemison, Mae, 1956-
Variant names
Americans,
Biographical notes:
Mae Jemison (b. October 17, 1956, Decatur, AL) is an American engineer, physician and NASA astronaut. She became the first African American woman to travel in space in 1992. After medical school and a brief general practice, Jemison served in the Peace Corps from 1985 until 1987, when she was selected by NASA to join the astronaut corps. She resigned from NASA in 1993 to found a company researching the application of technology to daily life. She is a dancer and holds nine honorary doctorates in science, engineering, letters, and the humanities.
Links to collections
Lincoln University (Pa.). Honorary degree recipients collection, 1868-1989 (bulk 1940-1989).
Lincoln University, Langston Hughes Memorial Library, Langston Hughes Memorial Library
Ellington Field research collection MS 547., 1917-2009
Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
The 105th annual commencement at Stanford : videorecording, 1996.
Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
STS-47
National Archives at College Park
Mission Photographs Taken During the Space Shuttle Program , 4/12/1981 - 7/21/2011
National Archives at College Park
Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Photo File Photographs
National Archives at College Park
Related names in SNAC
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Lincoln University (Pa.)
associatedWith
Morrow, Kathryn Black
employeeOf
Cornell university
alumnusOrAlumnaOf
Cornell university. Medical college
employeeOf
Dartmouth College
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Endeavour (Space shuttle)
memberOf
Peace Corps (U.S.)
alumnusOrAlumnaOf
Stanford university
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Subjects:
- Space Exploration
Occupations:
- Astronauts
- College teachers
- Physicians
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Variant Names
Jemison, Mae
Jemison, Mae
Jemison, Mae, 1956-
Jemison, Mae Carol, 1956-