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Appendix B Committee and Staff Biographies
Appendix B Committee and Staff Biographies
Pages 53-60
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Dr. Myers served on the National Academies Science, Technology, and Economic Policy Board from 1995 to 2005 and cochaired the board's study of the patent system, resulting in the report A Patent System for the 21st Century.
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54 APPENDIX B Bloch built national support for advances in high-performance computing and networking and led in transitioning the NSFNET to the commercialized Internet. He also established NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate, the Engineering Research Centers program, and the Science and Technology Centers program.
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Kalil served as the deputy assistant to President Clinton for technology and economic policy, and the deputy director of the White House National Economic Council. He was the NEC's "point person" on a wide range of technology and telecommunications issues, such as the liberalization of Cold War export controls, the allocation of spectrum for new wireless services, and investments in upgrading America's high-tech workforce.
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KAREN E NELSON was born in Jamaica and migrated to the United States, where she completed a Ph.D.
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She has served on committees of the National Research Council and is currently a member of the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy. The Department of Justice Antitrust Division has used Dr.
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has been executive director of the National Academies' Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) since its formation in 1991.
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He pursued legal studies at the University of the Western Cape and worked for the premier of the Western Cape Province, in documentary filmmaking, and for the South African Treatment Action Campaign before coming to the United States. He joined the staff of the National Academies' Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy in June 2006.
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