Jemison’s Accomplishments
Dr. Jemison is considered as one of the most impressive people you’ll ever encounter. From 1973 to 1977, Jemison received a National Achievement Scholarship award. She went to Stanford University at the age of 16 and earned a doctorate in medicine when she was just 25 years old. Apart from her doctorate, she also has two honorary doctorates (Honorary Doctorate of Sciences and Honorary Doctorate of Letters). In 1979, she received a CIBA Award for Student Involvement. She was also a recipient of Essence Award in 1988, honored as Gamma Sigma Gamma Woman of the year in 1990, received Ebony Black Achievement Award in 1992 and a Montgomery Fellowship from Dartmouth College in 1993.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – SEPTEMBER 12: Space Shuttle Endeavour crew members (L-R) Mamoru Mohri, Japan’s first astronaut to fly on the space shuttle, Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space and Jan Davis and Mark Lee, the first married couple to fly together, walk out of the Operations and Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center, FL, 12 September 1992. Endeavour is set to launch on a seven-day mission later in the day. (Photo credit should read BRUCE WEAVER/AFP/Getty Images)
Mae Carol Jemison has a background in engineering and medical research as her work experience. She also worked in the field of computer programming, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, reproductive biology, printed wiring board materials, and computer magnetic disc production. Furthermore, she also speaks four different languages, namely, Russian, Swahili, English and Japanese.
One of the most remarkable achievements Jemison had was in 1987 when she became one of the fifteen candidates selected out of more than 2,000 applicants for NASA’s astronaut program. She was just 31 years old at that time.