Biography of dr. mae jemison
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Mae Jemison, M.D.
Dr. Mae Jemison, physician, engineer, educator and entrepreneur, was the first woman of color in the world to go into space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour and was a NASA astronaut for six years. She is the Principal for the 100 Year Starship Project and her leadership and vision provides guidance and direction for the foundation and in fulfilling its goal of ensuring all the capabilities for a successful human journey to another star will exist by 2112.
Dr. Jemison started The Jemison Group, Inc., a technology consulting firm integrating critical socio-cultural issues into the design, development and implementation of engineering and science projects. As an Environmental Studies professor at Dartmouth College, she taught classes on and researched technology design and sustainable development with special emphasis on developing countries. She is a worldwide respected voice in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and is founder of the non-profit Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence. She started The Earth We Share™, a unique international science literacy curriculum and program that builds student critical thinking and problem solving skills as they gain science knowledge and skills, and trains middle and secondary sch
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Biography: Dr. Mae C. Jemison
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Dr. Mae C. Jemison
Mae Carol Jemison was born in 1956 in Alabama, the youngest child of Charlie Jemison, a maintenance supervisor for a charity organization, and Dorothy (Green) Jemison, an elementary school teacher of English and math. The family moved to Chicago, Illinois, when Jemison was 3 to take advantage of better educational opportunities there. Jemison says that as a young girl growing up in Chicago she always assumed she would go into space.
A gifted and versatile student, Jemison graduated from high school and entered Stanford University at age 16. She received a degree in chemical engineering four years later and applied to medical school at Cornell University Medical College.
After completing her internship in Los Angeles, Jemison served as Peace Corps medical officer from 1983 to 1985 in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Upon returning to the United States, she opened a private practice in Los Angeles and began taking graduate engineering courses.
In 1987, on her second attempt, Dr. Jemison was one of fifteen candidates accepted by NASA from more than 2,000 applicants. Dr. Jemison flew her only space shuttle mission for eight days in 1992. She was the first woman of color to fly in outer space. After leaving NASA in 1993 she founded the Houston-based Jemison Group