Nancy J. Currie-Gregg made a career in technology at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.
The record lists Nancy J. Currie-Gregg as American engineer, army officer, astronaut, and professor.
Nancy J. Currie-Gregg was born at Wilmington in 1958. Her recorded nationality is the United States. She was educated at University of Southern California and Ohio State University.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
The record gives her occupations as engineer and astronaut.
Her affiliations include North Carolina State University.
Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.
Her work was formally recognised with the Legionnaire of Legion of Merit, Women in Aviation International and NASA Distinguished Service Medal.
Working from the United States shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have her, the language the work first appeared in.
Nancy J. Currie-Gregg is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.
Achievements
- Affiliated with North Carolina State University
- Educated at University of Southern California, Ohio State University and University of Houston
- Worked as engineer and astronaut
