Retirement Party for Vernon Courtney with Guests Mary Jackson
Photograph taken on February 5, 1975. Guests attending a retirement party for Vernon Courtney, of the MSD Communications Section. Mary Jackson standing on left with human computer Christine B. Richie next to her, another from the west computers group mentioned in the book "Hidden Figures" by author Margot Lee Shetterly. Mary Jackson from NASA Langley was NASA' s first African-American female engineer, and subsequent career supporting the hiring and promotion of other deserving female and minority employees.
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LRC-1975-OCIO_P_F027-01247
Date Created
February 5, 1975
Center
LaRC
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Photographer
NASA Robert Nye
Location
NASA Langley Research Center
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