| Summary: | Educator Chrystine Ramsey Shack was born on November 18, 1926 in Memphis, Tennessee. She attended The College of New Jersey, where she earned her B.A. degree in 1947. She received her M.A. degree from Rider College and her Ph.D. degree from Rutgers University. In 1952, Shack began working as a document custodian for Project Matterhorn at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. Shack dealt with confidential documents related to the stellarator - a component to the hydrogen bomb. As a teacher, she contributed a chapter to a publication on business curriculum funded by the Michigan Business Education Association. In the late 1960's, Shack worked for the New Jersey State Department of Education before moving to Michigan, where she worked in the Department of Vocational Education. In 1979, Shack became national president of The GirlFriends, Inc., and in 1981, she was named president of the Highland Park Community College in Highland Park, Michigan. Shack passed away August 16, 2010, at age 83.
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