[bfsa] Black History Moment

[Trev Watt]

Think more critically?? Think more critically?? Maybe
you didn't read the first part of the article that I
posted in the email. I will gladly repost that part
for you maam. 

Barring a few notable exceptions, they are largely
unknown outside their own secretive inner circles. YET
THEIR WORK IS MORE IMPORTANT, more far-reaching and
more exacting than virtually anybody else's. In
fact,THE FUTURE OF THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE depends on
their ability to make sense of the many mysteries that
still confront and baffle MANKIND. 

Now if you would maam, take a little bit of time to
examine the rest of the article and revisit your
response. Or, I would be honored to sit down with you
and discuss this more exclusively at the next BFSA
meeting.

Have a great weekend!  

p.s. I would rather have the latest cancer research
then a well prepared lobster.
  
--- jacquelyn daniel <jmdaniel at ysu.edu> wrote:

> You are so far out of line, that you should stop and
> really examine your
> motives for writing this response.
> 
> One person of color's accomplishments do not
> diminish another's important
> accomplishments.  We should be celebrating the fact
> that we, as a people can
> celebrate ALL of our growth in EVERY area of
> business and science.
> 
> You, sir need to learn to think harder and more
> critically.
> 
> Jacquelyn Daniel
> Annual Giving Coordinator
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bfsa-bounces at lists.ysu.edu
> [mailto:bfsa-bounces at lists.ysu.edu] On
> Behalf Of Trev Watt
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:27 PM
> To: bfsa at lists.ysu.edu
> Subject: Re: [bfsa] Black History Moment
> 
> No disrespect, but learning how to cook and learning
> how to manage chefs really does not impress me. What
> does impress me is the following. (I found this
> article on African Americans in science and
> technology)
> 
> Barring a few notable exceptions, they are largely
> unknown outside their own secretive inner circles.
> Yet, their work is more important, more far-reaching
> and more exacting than virtually anybody else's. In
> fact, the future of the entire human race depends on
> their ability to make sense of the many mysteries
> that
> still confront and baffle mankind. They are the men
> and women who have dedicated their lives and immense
> talents to science and the pursuit of solutions to
> problems ranging from how to protect humans from
> deadly solar radiation to how to make cars go
> farther
> on less gasoline.
> 
> Since the founding of this nation, African-Americans
> have played a vital role in the various science
> special-ties -- chemistry, physics, biology and math
> -- and engineering, and have made important
> contributions to scientific and technological
> progress. From the break-through achievements of
> mathematician Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806),
> America's
> first Black scientist of note, who accurately
> predicted a solar eclipse, to the daring
> explorations
> of outer space by Black astronauts, Blacks have made
> their mark in virtually every imaginable aspect of
> science and technology. Many have made new
> discoveries
> and published important scientific papers -- the
> science equivalent of a game-winning slam dunk,
> touchdown or home run. But owing to the esoteric and
> arcane nature of scientific research, and the fact
> that scientists communicate in a language only they
> can understand, most have remained virtually
> unknown.
> 
> Yet, a select few have managed to escape obscurity.
> Todays Black scientists whose names have transcended
> their own scientific community and become household
> words throughout the nation and beyond include
> physicist Dr. Walter E. Massey, formerly vice
> president for research at the University of
> Chicago's
> Argonne National laboratories and former director of
> the National Science Foundation and currently
> president of Morehouse College; mathematician Dr.
> David Blackwell, professor emeritus at the
> University
> of California-Berkeley, who until recently had the
> distinction of being the only living Black member of
> the prestigious National Academy of Sciences;
> theoretical physicist Dr. Shirley A. Jackson, who
> chairs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and who was
> the first Black woman to earn a Ph. D. from the
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dr. Benjamin
> F.
> Peery. Jr., professor emeritus of astronomy at
> Howard
> University, whose areas of research include the
> physics of stellar structure, evolution and
> nucleossynthesis; astrophysicist Dr. George
> Carruthers, who developed the Far Ultraviolet Camera
> that became the first astronomical instrument used
> on
> the surface of the moon, and electrical engineers
> Drs.
> Gary Harris and Michael Spencer of Howard
> University,
> both known for their trailblazing research in
> microelectronics and semiconductor technology. 
> 
> These science superstars head a long list of
> scientific overachievers who in the laboratories of
> academia, the federal government and private
> industry
> are doing their part to assure that the country
> maintains its technological edge.
> 
> Although there are far too many to mention but a
> few,
> these largely unsung heroes are found in virtually
> every area of science and technology. The following
> is
> a small sample of topnotch Black scientists who are
> active around the nation adding to the practical and
> theoretical advancement of scientific and technical
> knowledge:
> 
> Dr. Christine M. Darden, a NASA deputy program
> manager, is helping to develop a U. S.-made
> supersonic
> airliner scheduled for unveiling by 2005.
> 
> Physics professor Dr. Homer A. Neal, interim
> president
> of the University of Michigan who specializes in
> experimental high energy physics, conducts particle
> interaction studies in hadron-hadron and electron
> positron collisions" at laboratories in the U.S. and
> abroad.
> 
> Dr. Neal's University of Michigan colleague, Dr.
> Billy
> Joe Evans, professor of solid state inorganic
> chemistry, lists among his research interests "low
> temperature synthesis routes for high temperature
> materials."
> 
> Similarly esoteric are the fields of research of
> University of Maryland physics professor Dr.
> Sylvester
> James Gates Jr. Specializing in "mathematical and
> theoretical physics of supersymmetric particles," he
> lists the study of "Einstein's unified field type
> theories" among his primary research interests.
> 
> Meanwhile at the Massachusetts Institute of
> Technology
> (MIT), tenurebound r. Paula T. Hammond, a chemical
> engineer, teaches "molecular aspects of chemical
> engineering" while doing research in "the molecular
> design and synthesis of self-assembling polymeric
> systems, and the variation of chemical structure and
> processing of these systems to control their order
> and
> function on both microscopic and macroscopic
> levels."
> 
> At the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
> biochemist
> Dr. Ida Owens conducts studies in the genetics of
> detoxification enzymes, research that is aimed at
> shedding light on how the human body defends itself
> against poison.
> 
> This is HIGHER EDUCATION!! One of the failures of
> Black History Month is the regurgitation of the "We
> Will Overcome" issues. These children need to know
> more about the successes past and present in the
> fields of science and technology. What would really
> stimulate a child more? A black scientist at NASA
> demonstrating a galactic robot space explorater that
> he or she invented, or some guy who talks about how
> cooking 10 lobsters a day saved his company millions
> of dollars. 
> 
> 
> --- Arlene Floyd <afloyd at ysu.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Another history moment for us and our children
> > 
> > The Higher Education of the Nation's Top
> > African-American Restaurateur
> > 
> > Each week tens of thousands of diners eat at an
> > Olive Garden or Red
> > Lobster restaurant. Few of these diners know that
> > the CEO heading
> > these large restaurant chains is a black man.
> > 
> > Clarence Otis Jr. is the CEO of Darden Restaurants
> > Inc., the largest
> > casual dining operator in the nation. The firm
> > operates nearly 1,400
> > company-owned restaurants coast to coas t serving
> > 300 million meals
> > annually. Darden employs 150,000 workers and has
> > annual revenues of $6
> 
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