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196 ScienceMakers Spotlight: Carl Spight Full Name: Carl Spight Born: September 8, 1944 Place: Indianapolis, IN Parents: Erma Mae White Spight William Herman Spight Spouse: Martha Spight Education: Arsenal High School - Indianapolis, IN (1962) Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN (B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1966) Princeton University - Princeton, NJ (M.A. Plasma Physics, 1971) Princeton University - Princeton, NJ (Ph.D. Plasma Physics, 1971) Type of Science: Physics Achievements: Recipient of the William F. Thornton Award for Professional Achievement Chief scientist for Jackson, Tull, and Graham, Inc. Favorites: Color: Purple Food: Lentils Quote: “The future of the future is in the critical recovery of the past.” Time of Year: Late Summer & Early Fall Vacation Spot: Cuba Biography Physicist, educator, statistical analyst, and community activist, Carl Spight grew up asking questions in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he was born on September 8, 1944. Living across the street from Francis W. Parker School, Spight arrived early each day to pour over encyclopedias that his family could not afford at home. With NBC’s “Watch Mr. Wizard” as his favorite television show, Spight fi xed his neighbors’ appliances and despite prevalent racism won the statewide science fair.
Graduating from Arsenal High School in 1962, at Spight’s mother’s suggestion he enrolled at Purdue University and graduated with a B.S.E.E. degree (with highest honors) in 1966. Spight earned his M.A. degree and Ph.D. in plasma physics from Princeton University in 1971. Spight taught at Southern University in 1970, and he served as a tenured professor of physics at Morehouse College from 1972 to 1980, where he eventually became chairman of the Department of Physics. In 1977, Spight was a Visiting Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Theoretical Physics. From 1980 to 1983, he worked for AMAF Industries, where he became director of research. Spight served as the chief of advanced technology programs, the director of engineering, and the chief scientist for Chicago-based Sonicraft, Inc. from 1986 to 1989. As dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and executive assistant to the president, Spight advised on all aspects of the consolidation of Clark Atlanta University from 1989 to 1990. He then served as chief scientist and regional manager of information systems for Jackson, Tull, and Graham, Inc. from 1990 to 2000. Concurrently, he served as manager of academic services for the Offi ce of Information Technology, City Colleges of Chicago from 1994 through 2000. Spight taught at and guided academic programs for Chicago State University, Olive Harvey College, Providence St. Mel High School, North Lawndale College Preparatory Center and the Betty Shabazz Charter School; all of these institutions and businesses serve or originate from the African American community. Later in his career, primarily as a statistical consultant, Spight served as the Vice President of Forte Development Corporation in Columbia, Maryland. As statistical analyst for Oak Park River Forest High School’s Goals 2000 Project, Spight was a co-author of “The Learning Community Performance Gap: An Analysis of African American Achievement at Oak Park River Forest High School, May 2003.” Author of numerous scientifi c articles, Spight was also a featured presenter at the Olive Harvey Black Studies Conference for seventeen years. Spight was the recipient of the William F. Thornton Award for Professional Achievement from the National Technical Association in 1989 and the Distinguished Alumni Award from Princeton University, among many other honors. Spight, an avid percussionist, often performed with his brother, Roy, a carver of African tongue drums. Together, Spight and his wife Marsha raised three children. Discussion Questions Personal: 1. What did you like best about listening to Dr. Spight? 2. What do you think Dr. Spight’s favorite quote means? What does this tell you about him? 3. Where was Dr. Spight born? Locate it on a map. How far away is this from where you live? What are the names of his parents? Where did Dr. Spight attend high school? What do you suppose high school was like for him? 4. How old are you? In what year was Dr. Spight your age? What was happening in the country that year? What was happening in the world that year? What do you suppose his life was like when he was your age? 5. Dr. Spight had to be at school early every day. Why? What did he do with this time? What kinds of things do you like to learn about outside of school? How could these interests help you decide on a career? (See Clip #2) 197 Physics
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ScienceMakers DVD Toolkit Table of
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