Dr Shirley Ann Jackson
Dr Shirley Ann Jackson is Chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), to which she was nominated by President Bill Clinton. After confirmation by the US Senate, she was sworn in as a Commissioner on 2 May 1995, and assumed the Chairmanship two months later. A native of Washington DC, Dr Jackson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics in 1968, and a PhD in the field of theoretical elementary particle physics in 1973, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For 15 years, from 1976-91, Dr Jackson conducted research in theoretical physics, solid state and quantum physics, and optical physics at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey. From 1991-95, she was Professor of Physics at Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ, serving concurrently as a consultant in semiconductor theory to AT&T Bell Labs. Dr Jackson is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. She holds five honorary doctoral degrees, and in 1993 she was awarded the New Jersey Governor's Award in Science. She has served on the boards of directors of Public Service Enterprise Group (and its subsidiary, Public Service Electric & Gas Co.), Sealed Air Corporation, CoreStates Financial Corporation, CoreStates New Jersey National Bank, and New Jersey Resources Corporation. Dr Jackson has served on the Secretary of Energy's Task Force on the future of Department of Energy National Laboratories, on research councils of the National Academy of Sciences, and on the Advisory Council of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO). With the formation in May 1997 of the International Nuclear Regulator's Association (INRA), Dr Jackson was elected as the group's first Chairman.
Sharing Regulatory Perspectives:
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission in a Time of Change

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