Mae Carol Jemison

Born: 1956

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: Black

BA, African & African American Studies, BS Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 1977; MD, Cornell University Medical School, 1981

Field of Study: Astronautics, Medicine

Institution/Corporation: Nasa; Peace Corps; Bayer Corp; Kimberly-Clark Corp

Degrees & Memberships: 14 Honorary Doctorates; 5 schools & 1 museum named after her; Member: American Medical Association, American Chemical Society, Association of Space Explorers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha

Awards: 1993, National Women s Hall of fame; 2004, International Space Hall of Fame; 1988, Essence Science & Technology Award; 1990, Gamma Sigma Gamma Woman of the Year Award; 1991, McCall s 10 Outstanding Women for the 90 s; 1992, Johnson Publications Black Achievement Trailblazers Award; 1992, Ebony Black Achievement Award; 1993, Ebony magazine 50 Most Influential Women; 1993, Kilby Science Award; 1993, People Magazine s 50 Most Beautiful People in the World; 1993, Turner Trumpet Award; 2002, listed among the 100 Greatest African Americans according to Molefi Kete Asante; 2002, Texas Women s Hall of Fame; 2003, Intrepid Award by the National Organization for Girls; 2005, The National Audubon Society Rachel Carson Award; 2017, Buzz Aldrin Space Pioneer Award; 2019, Sylvanus Thayer Award, US Millitary Academy;

Achievements: 1st Black female in space, 1992; founded The Jemison Group Inc, 1993-a consulting firm; founded the Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence 1994-offers numerous programs for students including a science camp & won DARPA funding for the 100 Year Starship, a program to strive for a Mars colony;1999 founded BioSentient Corp-commercialized Autogenic Feedback Training Exercise (AFTE);2018, collaborated with Bayer Corp Science & the National 4-H Council for the Science Matters initiative; has authored & co-authored several books for children;