Jerry C. Elliott
Jerry Elliott | |
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| Born | Jerry Chris Elliott 1943 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States |
| Nationality | Osage-Cherokee |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | University of Oklahoma, Physics |
Jerry Chris Elliott High Eagle (born 1943) is a physicist and was one of the first American Indians to work at NASA. Elliott's work awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor awarded by the President of the United States.