David Thomas Lydia W. Thomas, Ph.D. John W. Thompson Thelma B. Thompson, Don Thompson
Vice President & World- President and CEO Chairman of the Board Ph.D. President
wide Director Mitretek Systems, Inc. & CEO President McDonaldís Corporation
Texas Instruments, Inc. Symantec Corporation University of Maryland
Eastern Shore
president of marketing in the Educational Philip Paulwell Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D.
& Productivity Solutions business. Minister of Commerce, Science and Tech- Frederick P. Rose Director, Hayden Plan-
nology etarium Astrophysicist
Page received her Bachelor of Science de- Government of Jamaica American Museum of Natural History
gree in business administration from the Philip Paulwell has served the government To a young Neil deGrasse Tyson, there
University of Nebraska, Omaha and has of Jamaica as Minister of Commerce, was always something magical about
completed executive education programs Science and Technology since 2002, and the Hayden Planetarium in New York’s
at Harvard University and the University led the drive to liberalize his country’s American Museum of Natural History.
of Indiana. telecommunications sector and promote The night sky is lost in the glare of lights
information technology as an engine of over the New York City region, and the
She is an active member in business and growth and development. kid from the Bronx could only see the
community organizations, including the true heavens when he went to the Plan-
National Society of Black Engineers and That effort meant breaking the 25-year etarium.
the Executive Women’s Roundtable with telecommunications monopoly, and
the Dallas Chamber of Commerce, and a opening up the nation’s information “I went there the first time at age nine on
board member of the Children’s Medical sector to competition. Paulwell is past a family trip,” he recalled. “The Hayden
Center of Dallas. president of the Caribbean Telecommuni- Planetarium was an authentic replica of
cation Union, and out-going chair of the the night sky, and it was a magical mo-
Page was awarded the 1997 Women of Special Committee on Science, Technol- ment when the lights dim and the stars
Color technology Award in the category ogy, Health, Education and Culture of come out. It was a cosmic Mecca. Every-
of Business Innovation. Texas Instru- the Association of Caribbean States. one there was interested in the subject I
ments recently honored her by endow- wanted to give my life to.
ing a scholarship in her name:the Texas Paulwell graduated from the University of
Instruments Marcia Page Scholarship for the West Indies in 1987, with an Hon- “And I feel like I didn’t choose the
African American Females demonstrating ours Law Degree, and served for three universe; the universe chose me. It’s a
excellence in Mathematics, Engineer- years as legal officer of the Jamaica Com- calling.”
ing and Technology. This honor was in modity Trading company, Ltd. In 1993
recognition of the outstanding role mode he became the first Executive Director of It was a calling he took to eagerly. His
she serves for underrepresented females the newly established Fair Trading Com- parents gave him telescope when he was
pursuing technology careers. mission. 12, “It was good enough to see the craters
on the moon and sun spots,” he said.
“But by age 14 he was walking dogs in
the Bronx to raise money for a bigger one,
Lloyd G. Trotter Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D. Henrietta Ukwu, MD, FACP Darrell W. Warner Belinda G. Watkins
President & CEO Frederick P. Rose Director, Vice President, Director, Safety & Mis- VP, Network Computing
GE Consumer and Hayden Planetarium Global Regulatory Affairs sion Assurance and IT Operations
Industrial Astrophysicist Wyeth Pharmaceuticals The Boeing Company FedEx Services, Inc.
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