Gloria Long Anderson

Gloria Long Anderson (born November 5, 1938) is the Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Chemistry at Morris Brown College, and its vice president for academic affairs. She has served as interim president of Morris Brown, and as vice chair of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. She was a pioneer in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and is known for her studies of fluorine-19 and solid rocket propellants. Quotes I wanted to go to a Black college to allow the students to have the opportunity to get the kind of education that I had gotten; because I felt coming from where I came from that it was almost impossible for me to get the kind of training I had gotten. (...) I squeezed through the wire mesh fence. You must love chemistry; you must be committed; and you must prove yourself over and over. Anderson’s advice to young women considering chemistry as a career External links Category:Chemists from the United States Category:Women academics from the United States Category:Women scientists from the United States Category:University of Chicago alumni Category:African Americans Category:1938 births Category:Women born in the 1930s Category:Living people