| Other author/creator | Sales, Jacqueline, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Jacqueline Sales |
| Portion of title |
Jacqueline Sales |
| Abstract |
Environmental engineer Jacqueline White Sales was born on May 8, 1946 in Jamaica, New York. She graduated from Howard University with her B.S. degree in microbiology and her M.E. degree in environmental engineering. Upon graduating in 1968, Sales served as Chief Technician of the Georgetown University Rheumatology Laboratory at the District of Columbia General Hospital. In 1979, she became the first African American woman environmental engineer hired by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Toxic Substances. She also served as Unit Chief in the U.S. Department of Energy. Sales founded HAZMED, Inc. becoming the president, CEO and owner of the Johnson Browne Business Center. She received a Bronze Medal for Commendable Service and the Outstanding Women in Science and Engineering Award from the EPA. The Network Journal named Sales one of the Top 25 Influential Women in Business, and HAZMED was named one of Maryland's Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer |
Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Lanham, Maryland 2013 May 24. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2013.170 HistoryMakers |
