M'Lis Ward
'''Melissa "M'Lis" Ward''' is a United Airlines pilot, the first African-American female captain in commercial passenger aviation, according to Ebony magazine. Her mother, Anne B. Ward, was one of the first two black women to graduate from the Pritzker School of Medicine.Ward was brought up in the South Side of Chicago and attended Whitney Young High School. She was awarded an Air Force ROTC scholarship to college. She gained a BS from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. She joined the US Air Force, where she was an instructor-pilot on the T-37 and a First Pilot on the C141. In November 1992 she joined United Airlines in Chicago, as a second officer on DC-10s. After nine months she became first officer on Boeing 737-200s flying out of San Francisco, moving to 727s flying out of Denver in June 1995. M'lis upgraded to Captain on the Boeing 737-300 in 1998 and then the Airbus 319 & 320 in 2010. She is the first African American female to be an Evaluator and FAA Designee for United Airlines.
She later coached basketball at Dakota Ridge high school in Littleton Colorado. Provided by Wikipedia
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8by Ricart, Aurora M., Gaylord, Brian, Hill, Tessa M., Sigwart, Julia D., Shukla, Priya, Ward, Melissa, Ninokawa, Aaron, Sanford, EricGet access
Published in Oecologia (2021)
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9by Kroeker, Kristy, Kindinger, Tye, Hirsh, Heidi, Ward, Melissa, Hill, Tessa, Jellison, Brittany, Koweek, David, Lummis, Sarah, Rivest, Emily, Waldbusser, George, Gaylord, BrianGet access
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10by Ricart, Aurora M, Ward, Melissa, Hill, Tessa M, Sanford, Eric, Kroeker, Kristy J, Takeshita, Yuichiro, Merolla, Sarah, Shukla, Priya, Ninokawa, Aaron T, Elsmore, Kristen, Gaylord, BrianGet access
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12by Ricart, Aurora M, Ward, Melissa, Hill, Tessa M, Sanford, Eric, Kroeker, Kristy J, Takeshita, Yuihiro, Merolla, Sarah, Shukla, Priya, Ninokawa, Aaron T, Elsmore, Kristen, Gaylord, BrianGet access
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14by Ricart, Aurora M., Ward, Melissa, Hill, Tessa M., Sanford, Eric, Kroeker, Kristy J., Takeshita, Yuichiro, Merolla, Sarah, Shukla, Priya, Ninokawa, Aaron T., Elsmore, Kristen, Gaylord, BrianGet access
Published in Global Change Biology (2021)
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15by Ward, Melissa, Kindinger, Tye L., Hirsh, Heidi K., Hill, Tessa M., Jellison, Brittany M., Lummis, Sarah, Rivest, Emily B., Waldbusser, George G., Gaylord, Brian, Kroeker, Kristy J.Get access
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16by Ward, Melissa, Kindinger, Tye L., Hirsh, Heidi K., Hill, Tessa M., Jellison, Brittany M., Lummis, Sarah, Rivest, Emily B., Waldbusser, George G., Gaylord, Brian, Kroeker, Kristy J.Get access
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18by Frederick, Jennifer, Eymold, William, Mota, Alejandro, Tezaur, Irina, Jones, Benjamin M., Flanary, Chris, Jones, Craig A., Thomas, Matthew A., Bristol, Emily M., Choens, Robert, Jones Ward, Melissa K., Kasper, Jeremy, Brown, Eloise J., McClelland, James W., Bull, DianaGet access
Published in Proposed for presentation at the 2021 Regional Conference on Permafrost held October 24-29, 2021 in virtual, (2022)
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19by Kennedy, Esther G., Zulian, Meghan, Hamilton, Sara L., Hill, Tessa M., Delgado, Manuel, Fish, Carina R., Gaylord, Brian, Kroeker, Kristy J., Palmer, Hannah M., Ricart, Aurora M., Sanford, Eric, Spalding, Ana K., Ward, Melissa, Carrasco, Guadalupe, Elliott, Meredith, Grisby, Genece V., Harris, Evan, Jahncke, Jaime, Rocheleau, Catherine N., Westerink, Sebastian, Wilmot, Maddie I.Get access
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20by Kennedy, Esther G., Zulian, Meghan, Hamilton, Sara L., Hill, Tessa M., Delgado, Manuel, Fish, Carina R., Gaylord, Brian, Kroeker, Kristy J., Palmer, Hannah M., Ricart, Aurora M., Sanford, Eric, Spalding, Ana K., Ward, Melissa, Carrasco, Guadalupe, Elliott, Meredith, Grisby, Genece V., Harris, Evan, Jahncke, Jaime, Rocheleau, Catherine N., Westerink, Sebastian, Wilmot, Maddie I.Get access
Published in Earth System Science Data (2024)
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