Famous African American Scientist Presentations

Who is Bettye Washington Greene ?

• She researched animals in the wild.

• She was an Aeronautics engineer.

• She was a professional Chemist at Dow.

Who was Patricia Era Bath ?

• She was the first female faculty member Ophthalmologist at UCLA .

• She was the first African American Female Astronaut .

• She discovered gravity.

Who is Dr. Mae C. Jemison ?

• She was known as the human computer.

• She entered Stanford University at age 16.

• She discovered a cure for Diabetes.

Who is Annie Easley ?

• She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.

• She was raised by parents who were also scientists.

• She was known as the Human Computer.

Who is Valerie Thomas ?

• She designed a computer program for astronaut training at NASA .

• She was one of two women to major in Physics at Morgan University.

• She was the first African American to excel in the field of Entomology.

Who was Marie Daly ?

• Marie Daly worked at NASA.

• She had six children that also became Chemist.

• She was the first African American Phd in Chemistry in USA

Who is Lloyd Albert Quarterman ?

• He helped design the atomic bomb in the top secret Manhattan Project in WWII.

• He was the first African American President of USA.

• He was born in Chicago IL. in 1981 to parents who were also chemists.

Who is Otis Boykin ?

• He won a 5 million dollar lawsuit against CTS for attempting to claim a patent on his invention.

• He was the first African American Brain Surgeon.

• He created the first Teleport system to the moon.

Who was Katherine Johnson ?

• She was known as the human computer at NASA.

• She graduated West Virginia University at age 16.

• She was the first African American in Space.

Who is Neil DeGrasse Tyson ?

• He loved to study stars at a young age.

• He majored in Astrophysics at Harvard University.

• He authored 15 books on the Cosmos.