Internet Prospector

African Americans in Biography

Last Update: November 1, 2001

CONTENTS

1998 BLACK ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
Internet Prospector, June '98
U.S. Black Engineer Magazine has named its honorees for 1998 Black Engineer of the Year. The Top Engineer of the Year is
Lt. General Joe N. Ballard, Commander of the Army Corps of Engineers. Other honorees include: Kathryn C. Turner, who
started a technology engineering and systems integration firm in 1986; Christopher D. Cotton, Hardware Design and
Development Engineer at Raytheon Electronic Systems--and many other outstanding individuals.

Their accomplishments are listed at:
http://www.ccgmag.com/conferences/1998_black_engineer_of_the_year.htm

You can find more detailed biographies at:
http://www.blackengineer.com/

BLACK GREEKS
Start at the Afroamerica@ page, which has links to other African- American resources and news: http://www.afroam.org/index.html and select the category culture, then the category Black Greeks

THE FACES OF SCIENCE: AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE SCIENCES
provides great profiles of a number of African American scientists who have made significant contributions in their fields. Since this listing is under the 'Past,' most of these people are over 50 and some are deceased. Locate a scientist by alpha or by field. If you search by field, note that the link to African-American astronauts is, for reasons beyond my comprehension, under the 'Medical' category. Also check out the achievements of African-American women in the sciences.

The 'Present' has some great educational demographics and bibliographic resources. http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/faces.html

PROMINENT AFRICAN AMERICANS
From Maya Angelou to B.B. King to Malcolm X, this site features links to information on 50 people who have changed our world -- politicians, writers, musicians and more, past and present. The links lead to biographies, home pages and video and audio clips.
http://www.aawc.com/paa.html

HOME