Ph.D. in theoretical elementary particle physics from M.I.T. (1973) and a S.B. in physics from M.I.T. (1968)
Major Achievements
18th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jackson conducted a number of successful theoretical physics experiments and made breakthrough scientific research that enabled others to invent the fax machine, touch-tone phone, fiber optic cells, solar cells and the technology behind caller ID and call waiting
Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Professor of theoretical physics at Rutgers University