Interfacial Sciences and Electrochemistry
Author of Mission to Space, a children’s book about his space travels, which includes an English to Chickasaw vocabulary list. John Herrington is a retired NASA astronaut who was the first enrolled citizen of a Native American tribe to fly in space. John was born in Wetumka, Oklahoma into the Chickasaw Nation. He moved and …
“The head of the division I was to be in did not like minorities. Because I was an Indian. I just didn’t ever realize why he had it against me. But that’s the way the world is sometimes.” Floy Agnes Lee was born on July 23, 1922 in Albuquerque, NM. Lee’s parents taught at Albuquerque …
The 1st Native American Woman Archeologist. Bertha Parker was born to the Seneca tribe in Chautauqua County, NY on Aug. 30, 1907. As a child, she would join her father on archeological digs until her parents divorced. Parker moved to Los Angeles with her mother, and as a teenager, Parker would work as an actor …
“I am a dreamer who dreams, sees visions, and listens always to the still, small voice. I am a trail-blazer." – Susan Picotte
The first Diné (Navajo) to become board certified in surgery.
“I made airplanes and flew them to see if they could touch the clouds . . . There were no astronauts then. But I knew someday, people would fly in rockets and go to the stars.” – Jerry C. Elliott
“I call the endemic plants the first Hawaiians. Gingers and heliconias will grow elsewhere. The endemic plants will not. This is their home. It’s like the Hawaiian people - they belong here.” – Isabella Abbott
The first Native American to receive a Ph.D. in Physics.
“If you’re Native American and you grow up worshipping nature, you don’t naturally gravitate to a field like chemistry. But I did. I became inspired by [chemical] transformations as a young student.” – Erik Sorenson
The first known Native American engineer and notable engineer in the field of aerospace design.