Shirley Ann Jackson
Dr.
Shirley Ann Jackson is the 18th President of
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Jackson holds a
Ph.D in theoretical elementary
particle physics from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) (
1973) and a S.B in
physics from M.I.T. (
1968). Dr. Jackson was also the Chair of the
United States Nuclear Regulatory Committee from
1995 to
1999.