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George Bugliarello: Reflections on His Global Impact through the National Academy of Engineering--Ruth David
George Bugliarello: Reflections on His Global Impact through the National Academy of Engineering--Ruth David
Pages 23-25
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As an aside, we have a corporate bylaw that says when you turn 74 we declare instant senility and you can no longer serve on our board. Over my 14 years with the company I have had a number of trustees hit that age limit and rotate off and I periodically thought maybe we should lower the age.
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So he worked very hard at bringing a more diverse set of voices into the foreign associates cadre of the National Academy of Engineering. Then he worked tirelessly against some fairly significant institutional impediments, asking how can we better use these voices?
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But George was very passionate about these venues as ways to motivate the exchange of ideas and to build collaborations early in the careers of people who themselves will go on to have huge impact both in their own countries and for the world more broadly. Finally, George was actively engaged in the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS)
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