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...Akron, where her father was an optometrist, she practiced the piano religiously for an hour every day, even though she often hated it. As a student at Akron's Firestone High School, she was a member of the honor society, the French club, the chemistry club and the math club (the only girl among 15 boys), and had perfect scores of 800 on her Scholastic Aptitude Tests. "I can still see this little, short brunet in bobby socks and saddle shoes, quiet as a mouse," said Donald Nutter, a math teacher. "If you had a question no one else could...
Courted by colleges across the country for her math and science skills, Resnik chose to attend Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, from which she received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1970. She landed a job as a design engineer with RCA Corp. in Moorestown, N.J., received her doctorate from the University of Maryland and went to work for the Xerox Corp. in El Segundo, Calif. In March 1978, Resnik began training as an astronaut with NASA; she had been chosen from more than 8,000 applicants. Said Resnik at the time: "This is the first semester since...
...Andrew's School, Transvaal:Internship--candidate to be involved in anenrichment program for their Black pupils,particularly in English, math, speech, drama(girls' school ages...
...Alban's College, Pretoria:Internship--a young graduate student who can teachcomputers, math, or general science and who hasgood athletic skills...
PROTEC--Programme for Technological andEngineering Careers: The organization offersenrichment programs for disadvantaged students--anintern would be used to assist in teaching scienceand math. Candidate should be someone with specialinterest in self-help methods...