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>> >>PEGGY: PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID SALLY RIDE INSPIRED YOUNG GIRLS TO REACH FOR THE STARS,
SHE CERTAINLY INSPIRED ME. SALLY RIDE SPENT MOST OF HER POST ASTRONAUT
LIFE HERE IN SAN DIEGO. FOUNDER OF HER OWN EDUCATIONAL COMPANY SALLY
RIDE SCIENCE. HERE WITH ME TO TALK ABOUT HER LEGACY IS HER
FORMER COLLEAGUE DR.ハJEFFREY KIRSCH EXECUTIVE AT RUBEN H. FLEET SCIENCE CENTER AND ADAM
BERGASSE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AT UC SAN DIEGO.
KPBS INTERVIEWED SALLY RIDE IN DECEMBERハ2005 AND SHE TALKED ABOUT WHO INSPIRED HER.
>> >>: I HAD A COUPLE OF VERY GOOD HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS WHO SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH
ME BUILDING MY CONFIDENCE IN MYSELF AND TELLING ME YES, YOU WERE GOOD IN MATH IN SIXTH GRADE
YOU'RE GOING TO TO BE GIN MATH IN COLLEGE. YOU ARE SMART ENOUGH FOO GO ON IN WHATEVER
YOU WANT TO GO ON IN. >> >>PEGGY: DR.ハKIRSCH, NOT ONLY WAS SHE
INSPIRED, BUT VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT SCIENCE AND EDUCATION.
WHAT KIND OF INFLUENCE DID SHE HAVE AT THE SCIENCE CENTER?
>> >>JEFFREY KIRSCH: I WOULD SAY HER STRONGEST INFLUENCE ALERTED MYSELF AND THE STAFF THAT
YOUNG GIRLS NEEDED MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS A LEGACY, REALLY
OF SALLY'S INVOLVEMENT IN THAT CRUSADE THAT SHE HAD IS WE HAVE SOMETHING WE CALL THE SATURDAY
SCIENCE CLUB FOR GIRLS AND IT'S TARGETED AT THE AGE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS AND MAYBE FIRST
YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE ALSO HAVE MENTORS THAT HELP US WITH THE PROGRAM AND THEY ARE
TRAINED AFTER SCHOOL IN AN OUTREACH PROGRAM WE DO.
SO THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. >> >>PEGGY: IT STARTED HERE, AND IT'S HAPPENINGハ
WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM IS THAT IT'S A REALLY CRUCIAL TIME TO GET YOUNG GIRLS AND
THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE THEY'RE INTERESTED IN SCIENCE BUT MAY DROP OUT.
ITS IT'S IMPORTANT. YOU HAD EXPERIENCE WITH HER, ADAM, SHE WAS
YOUR FORMER ADVISER. WAS IT INTIMIDATING TO HAVE AN ADVISER WHOハ
>> >>ADAM BURGASSE: A HISTORICAL FIGURE? YEAH, IT WAS, SHE WAS VERYハ SHE DEMANDED A LOT
OF ATTENTION BECAUSE OF HER STATURE, BUT I THINK MORE THAN THAT SHE WAS VERY, VERY INVOLVED
IN THE DAY TO DAY WORK WE DID DIED. AT THAT LEVEL SHE WAS VERY INTIMIDATING.
WE WOULD WRITE UP REPORTS AND THEY WOULD BE BLEED RG RED INK BECAUSE SHE TOOK THE TIME
TO EDIT THEM DOWN. NOW I DO THE SAME THING TO MY STUDENTS MAYBE
THAT'S WHAT I LEARNED FROM HER. >> >>PEGGY: THE RED INK.
YOU SAID SHE WAS HANDS ON. WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD FROM FORMER STUDENTS AND
ALSO YOU DR.ハKURGS, WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTED TO SINK IN ABOUT
HER DEATH? >> >>ADAM BURGASSE: MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES
WE WORKED ON WITH SALLY RIDE HAVE RECONNECTED THROUGH THE LAST DAY OR SO AND WE'VE BEEN
SHARING OUR MEMORIES OF THAT TIME AND IT'S INCREDIBLE HOW MUCH EACH OF US HAS BEEN TOUCHED
IN OUR CAREERS AND PERSONAL LIVES. >> >>PEGGY: HOW ABOUT YOU, DR.ハKIRSCH?
>> >>JEFFREY KIRSCH: SOMETHING VERY UNUSUAL HAPPENED EARLIER TODAY, A AN E MAIL FROM A
TRUSTEE, A PRIOR TRUSTEE, WHO HAD MOVED AWAY BUT HAD TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT SHE WAS PART
OF SALLY SCIENCE SALLY RIDE SCIENCE, AND HOW MUCH IT HAD AFFECTED HER, AND HER FAMILY BECAUSE
HER SON ALSO WORKED FOR THEM. SO IT WASハ SHE HAD THIS DIRECT IMPACT ON
THINGS AND I SUSPECT WE WILL LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT THE INDIRECT IMPACT SHE'S HAD OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. >> >>PEGGY: HOW HAS SHE INSPIRED YOUR WORK,
ADAM? >> >>ADAM BURGASSE: WELL, SHE HASハ
>> >>PEGGY: BESIDES THE RED INK. >> >>ADAM BURGASSE: BESIDE MY MANAGEMENT STYLE.
SHE REALLY TAUGHT ME TO THINK ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE.
SHE SH BIG DREAMS THAT SHE WENT AFTER AND DID THEM.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I THINK SALLY INSPIRES ACROSS THE BOARD, GOING WITH
YOUR BIG DREAMS AND REALLY CHASING THEM. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO TO FIND MYSELF
WHEN I'M WORKING, I REAL TRY TO TAKE THE TIME TO THINK WHAT IS THE BIG PICTURE? WHAT IS
THE MOST SCIENCE YT I CAN GET OUT OF WHAT I'M DOING.
>> >>PEGGY: WHAT DO YOU THINK THE LEGACY HERE IN SAN DIEGO WILL BE?
>> >>JEFFREY KIRSCH: WELL Y SPEAKING FROM THE VANTAGE POINT OF A MUSEUM DIRECTER, I
THINK IT'S THAT WE SHOULD CELEBRATE SCIENCE, HER APPROACH TO BRINGING GIRLS TOGETHER AND
KIND OF A CELEBRATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT WITH THAT IT'S FUN AND THE SAN DIEGO SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING FESTIVAL IS AN OUT SHOOT, A DIRECT AND UCSD HEAD STARTED THAT AND IT'S
NOW A SEPARATE ENTITY WORK WITHING THE BIOCOM INSTITUTE.
IT'S JUST FOR FUN AND ON THE OTHER HAND, FUN IS LEARNING, AND LEARNING IS FUN.
>> >>PEGGY: AND IT'S SO IMPORT TONIGHT US. THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AND
I'M SURE HER LEGACY WILL CONTINUE AND WE'LL HEAR A LOT MORE ABOUT IT.