Alice Jackson
American sprinter
Alice Jackson (born 28 December 1958) is a former American female sprinter. She attended Grambling State University through a track scholarship.
She has competed in few notable competitive events during her career including the 1983 Pan American Games, 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Alice Jackson claimed gold medals in the women's 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relay events during the 1983 Pan American Games.
She served as an ambassador of Grambling State University as Miss Grambling State University.
Later life
Jackson would go on to graduate with a PhD from the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program at Grambling State, a historically black college or university.
As of 2022 she headed the research on interactive computing and artificial intelligence at RTI International’s corporate innovation lab, Lab 58, as Director of Information Technology.
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