Category: Leader Profiles
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Leader Profile -Mária Telkes, the Sun Queen
Dr. Mária Telkes was one of the first pioneers of solar energy. She believed the power of the sun could change human lives, and she was right! Dr. Telkes was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1900 and studied physical chemistry at the University of Budapest. She graduated with a B.A. in 1920 and received her…
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Leader Profile -Tjitske Mulder
Tjitske Mulder was born in 1909 In Holland, in 1944 During WW2 at the age of 35 she received a knock at the door. It was the family doctor, a member of the Dutch underground. He needed help hiding a young Jewish woman from the Nazi Gestapo. She and her Husband immediately took her in,…
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Leader Profile – Mae Jemison
Mae Jemison joined NASA in 1987 and was part NASA space mission in 1992. During her space mission, she studies the role of autogenic feedback training exercise on motion sickness and anxiety. She also conducted experiments to on the effect of gravity on bone cells. In 1993, she founded the Jemison Foundation, which strongly advocates…
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