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Appendix B: Committee Member Biographies
Pages 75-84

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From page 75...
... and Distinguished University Professor both at the University of Maryland at College Park and at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her interests are focused on global infectious diseases, water, and health, and she is currently developing an international network to address emerging infectious diseases and water issues, including safe drinking water for both the developed and developing world.
From page 76...
... in Geophysics from the University of Michigan. JUNG CHOI is Associate Chair for the School of Biology, Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics, and Faculty Coordinator of the Bioinformatics Masters Degree Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
From page 77...
... Chair of the U.S.-European Commission Task Force on Biotechnology and has been a member of the Board of ­Trustees of the International Human Frontiers Science Program, the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine, and the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education and Economics Advisory Board. She served as chair of the Biotechnology Subcommittee of the Committee on Science of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)
From page 78...
... William Middendorf Prize for Strategic Research, the Outstanding Public Service Award from the Virginia Research and Technology Consortium, and the Potomac Institute's Navigator Award. He is a fellow of the American Meteorological Society, has served on several boards of higher education, and was a member of the Ocean Studies Board of the National Research Council during 2002-2004.
From page 79...
... Sloan Foundation; the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania; and the Executive Board of the National Association of the State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, of which he was Chairman. He was President of the American Physical Society, is Vice-Chairman of the board of the National Council for Science and the Environment, chairs the board of the Education Trust, Inc., and chairs the Professional Science Masters Advisory Board for the Council of Graduate Schools.
From page 80...
... in cell biology from the Illinois Institute of Technology and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. HENRY RIGGS became founding President of the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences in March 1997 following nine years as President and Professor of Engineering of Harvey Mudd College.
From page 81...
... . Prior to joining IBM, Spohrer was at Apple Computer, attaining the role of Distinguished Scientist, Engineer, and Technologist for his pioneering work on intelligent multimedia learning systems, next generation authoring tools, on-line learning communities, and augmented reality learning systems.
From page 82...
... In 1987 he co-chaired the first international symposium on organ-directed toxicities of cancer drugs, and the following year he chaired the Gordon Research Conference on cancer chemotherapy, an annual meeting of 135 prominent cancer specialists. Tritton has also served on the American Association of Cancer Research Program Committee and the board of directors of the Vermont Technology Council.
From page 83...
... He has also worked with SIAM and several Michigan universities to encourage the growth of these technologies by creating conferences and other events. Highlights of his Ford career include Henry Ford Technology Awards in 1985 and 2000.


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