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A BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Pages 93-96

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... He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. His current research centers on the geometry of differential equations.
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... His research centers on partial differential equations and nonlinear functional analysis. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and was elected to the council of NAS in 1992.
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... He was director of research for the IBM Corporation from 1970-1986, and senior vice president for science and technology from 19861989. He is a member of both the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering.
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... He earned a BA in chemistry at Johns Hopkins University and a PhD in physical He pioneered the use of silicon as a commercial semiconductor material through the invention of the diffused base silicon transistor and was a leader of the group that discovered the first practical materials for superconductor magnets. He is a member and currently vice president of the National Academy of Engineering.


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