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GA HR1371
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/3/2020
Primary Sponsor
Park Cannon
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AI Summary
- Georgia House Resolution honoring the life and memory of Katherine Johnson, a NASA mathematician who passed on February 24, 2020, at the age of 101
- Katherine Johnson was born in 1918 in West Virginia, graduated high school at 14, earned degrees in math and French from West Virginia State College, and joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (later NASA) in 1953
- She hand-computed the trajectory of the first manned space launch and personally verified computer calculations for astronaut John Glenn's orbital flight as part of his preflight checklist
- She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2015, had NASA's Computational Research Facility named in her honor, and was profiled in the book and movie Hidden Figures
- The Georgia House of Representatives expresses its deepest regret at her passing and directs the Clerk to distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press
Legislative Description
Johnson, Katherine; condolences
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
3/3/2020
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