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The HistoryMakers video oral history with William Jackson
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with William Jackson.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 55 min., 43 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Astrophysicist and academic administrator William M. Jackson was born on September 24, 1936. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry from Morehouse College in 1956 and Catholic University of America in 1961, respectively. With his expertise in photochemistry, lasers chemistry, and astrochemistry, Jackson joined the University of California, Davis faculty as a chemistry professor in 1985. He became a distinguished professor in 1998, and chair of the chemistry department from 2000 to 2005. His academic honors include a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, and election as a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS). He was one of six founders of the National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, NOBCChE. In 1996, the Planetary Society named asteroid 1081 EE37 as (4322) Billjackson in his honor for contributions to planetary science. Jackson published over 176 scientific papers. He also owned a United States patent.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with William Jackson
William Jackson
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performers
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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