| LC control no. | n 98022604 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Shirley, Donna, 1941- |
| Associated place | Wynnewood (Okla.) Pasadena (Calif.) Seattle (Wash.) |
| Located | Tulsa (Okla) |
| Address | dshirley@earthlink.net |
| Birth date | 1941 |
| Place of birth | Pauls Valley (Okla.) |
| Field of activity | Aerospace engineering Management Space exploration Mars (Planet) |
| Affiliation | United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) Oklahoma University Managing Creativity Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame |
| Profession or occupation | Aerospace engineer |
| Found in | Managing Martians, 1998: CIP t.p. (Donna Shirley) Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture web site, Dec. 6, 2013 (Donna L. Shirley; b. 1941 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma; age fifteen she took flying lessons and at sixteen soloed at the Pauls Valley airport; valedictorian in her senior year at Wynnewood High School; She was crowned Miss Wynnewood in 1961 and competed for Miss Oklahoma; graduated with a bachelor's degree in aerospace/mechanical engineering in 1965 from Oklahoma University; worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California; She later completed a master's degree in aerospace engineering at the University of Southern California; After retiring from NASA in 1998, Donna Shirley returned to her alma mater and became assistant dean of the College of Engineering at Oklahoma University) Her web site, Dec. 6, 2013 (Donna Shirley, President of Managing Creativity, is a well-known manager, educator, speaker, consultant and trainer on the management of creative teams; 2002-2003 she was the founding Director of the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle, Washington; location: Tulsa OK; email: dshirley@earthlink.net) Academy of Achievement web site, Dec. 6, 2013 (Donna Shirley was raised in Wynnewood, Oklahoma; worked on the very first unmanned mission to Mars in 1966 and continued her association with Mars research) IMDb, Dec. 5, 2013 (Donna Shirley, miscellaneous crew/advisor, is known for her work on First Look (2004), Bouncing to Mars (2003) and Countdown to Mars (2003)) |
| Associated language | eng |
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