Barbara McClintock

Barbara McClintock

female, deceased (1992)
Barbara McClintock was a pioneering American scientist and one of the world's most distinguished cytogeneticists. McClintock received her PhD in... More
John Robert Schrieffer

John Robert Schrieffer

male, 77 years old (Pennsylvania, United States)
John Robert Schrieffer (born May 31, 1931) is an American physicist and winner, with John Bardeen and Leon Neil Cooper, of the 1972 Nobel Prize for... More
Robert A. Pastor

Robert A. Pastor

male
Dr. Robert Pastor Dr. Robert Pastor is the Director of the Center for Democracy and Election Management and Vice President of International... More
Mae Jemison

Mae Jemison

female
Mae Jemison , the first black American female astronaut. Mae Jemison was born on Oct. 17, 1956 and graduated from Stanford University with degrees... More
Saul Kripke

Saul Kripke

male (New York, New York, United States)
Saul Kripke is known as a brilliant logician and one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. While a high-school student in... More
Sierra Leone Peace Corps Medical Offi Gen

Sierra Leone Peace Corps Medical Offi Gen

female
Dr. Jemison is founder of BioSentient Corporation, a medical technology devices and services company focused on improving health and human... More

Mae Jemison Biography

female
Dr. Mae Jemison biography In AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES, Dr. Mae Jemison learns of paternal ancestors who were slaves on a plantation in Alabama. A... More

William McDonough

male
William McDonough Venture Partner and Senior Advisor William is an internationally renowned designer and environmentalist and works with... More

Jacqueline Lang Weaver

female
Jacqueline Lang Weaver is the A.A. White Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center. She graduated from the Law Center magna cum... More

Diana Daniels

female
Diana Daniels is a fly-fishing soccer mom as well as vice chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees and general counsel and secretary of the... More