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Malcom, Shirley Mahaley was born on September 6, 1946 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
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Shirley Mahaley Malcom
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Shirley Mahaley Malcom, American Science association executive. Board of directors American Museum Natural History; member of advisory county Smithsonian Institute, since 1990; member National Science Board; member President's Committee for Advancement of Science and Technology, 1994. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Science; member Science Research Society, Sigma Xi.
Education
Bachelor of Science, U. Washington, 1967; Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1974; Doctor of Humane Letters, College St. Catherine, 1990; Doctor of Humane Letters, Knox College, 1993; Doctor of Science, New Jersey Institute Technology, 1991; Doctor of Science, College St. Joseph, 1992; Doctor of Science, Hood College, 1994; Doctor of Science, Ball State University, 1996.
Career
Assistant professor biology, U. North Carolina, Wilmington, 1974-1975;
research assistant, staff associate and project director, Office of Opportunities of Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1975-1977;
program head, Office of Opportunities of Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1979-1989;
head directorate education and human resource programs, Office of Opportunities of Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, since 1989;
program manager Minority Institute Science Improvement Program, National Science Foundation, 1977-1979;
member equal opportunities science and technological committee, National Science Foundation, 1983-1986;
chair equal opportunities science and technological committee, National Science Foundation, 1984-1986. Member technological and women's employment panel, Commision on Behavioral and Social Science and Education, National Research Council, 1984-1986, panel to evaluate National Center for Education Statistics, commission on national statistics, 1984-1986. Member of advisory county Carnegie Forum on Edition and Economics, 1984-1988, task force teaching profession,1985-1987.
Board directors Carnegie Corporation, New York.
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Membership
Board of directors American Museum Natural History. Member of advisory county Smithsonian Institute, since 1990. Member National Science Board.
Member President's Committee for Advancement of Science and Technology, 1994. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Science. Member Science Research Society, Sigma Xi.
Connections
M. Horace Malcom, 1975. Children: Kelly A., Lindsey E.
