Alice Jackson (born 28 December 1958) is a former American female sprinter.[1] She attended Grambling State University through a track scholarship.[2]
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 December 1958 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
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She has competed in few notable competitive events during her career including the 1983 Pan American Games, 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships.[3]
Alice Jackson claimed gold medals in the women's 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relay events during the 1983 Pan American Games.[4]
She served as an ambassador of Grambling State University as Miss Grambling State University.[2]
Later life
editJackson would go on to graduate with a PhD from the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program at Grambling State, a historically black college or university.
As of 2022[update] she headed the research on interactive computing and artificial intelligence at RTI International’s corporate innovation lab, Lab 58, as Director of Information Technology. She has previously worked at Coca-Cola, BellSouth, AT&T, and IBM.[2]
References
edit- ^ "IAAF: Alice JACKSON | Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ a b c https://events.bizzabo.com/359661/agenda/speakers/1505740
- ^ "Alice Jackson". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ Siddons, Larry (1983-08-29). Us Sprints To Pan Am Finish. The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved on 1 August 2018.
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