Mae Carol Jemison Facts
Mae Carol Jemison Facts
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| Mae Carol Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama but her family moved to Chicago when she was three years old to take advantage of better educational opportunities. |
| In 1973 she graduated from Morgan Park High School and received a National Achievement Scholarship to Stanford University. |
| She was involved in many student activities including dance and theater productions. |
| She was active in the Black Student Union. |
| In 1977 she received her B.S. in chemical engineering and won admission to Cornell University Medical College. |
| While in medical school she studying in Cuba, Kenya and worked at a Cambodian refugee camp in Thailand. |
| In 1981 she earned her M.D. and spent two and a half years as the Peace Corps medical officer in Sierra Leone and Liberia. |
| She returned to the U.S. in 1985 and applied to the astronaut training program. |
| On June 4, 1987 she became the first African-American woman admitted to the astronaut training program. |
| She finally flew on September 12, 1992 aboard the Endeavour space shuttle where she conducted experiments on the effects of weightlessness and motion sickness on the crew. |
| She returned on September 20, 1992 after more than 190 hours in space. |
| In 1988 she received the Essence Science and Technology Award, the Ebony Black Achievement Award in 1992 and was named Gamma Sigma Gamma woman of the Year in 1990. |
| She is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Chemical Society and from 1990 to 1992 served on the board of directors of the World Sickle Cell Foundation. |
| She resigned from NASA in 1993 and accepted a teaching fellowship at Dartmouth College. |
| Her company, the Jemison Group, researches, develops and markets advanced technologies and their application to daily life. |
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