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Kathyrn Thornton graduated from Sidney Lanier High School Lanier High School (Montgomery, Alabama) in 1970. She later received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Auburn University in 1974. In 1977 she went on to receive a Master of Science degree in Physics. Finally she completed a Doctorate of Philosophy in Physics from the University of Virginia in 1979.
Thornton is also a member of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the following honour societies: Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Xi.
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