THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
PRESIDENT CLINTON APPOINTS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVISORS
Washington -- President Clinton today announced the membership of a private-sector committee to advise him on major science and technology issues and to help guide federal investments in science and technology toward national goals. The 18-member President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is composed of top-level representatives from industry, education and research institutions, and nongovernmental organizations.
"I am very pleased to name these eminent scientists, engineers, business leaders, and educators as some of my key advisors," the President said. "Drawn from a cross-section of America, they will help ensure that our science and technology policies reflect our nation's needs: health; prosperity based on long-term economic growth and technological investment; national security; environmental responsibility; and improved quality of life.
The appointment of private-sector advisors to the President highlights the Administration's goal of fostering public/private partnerships to achieve national science and education goals. "To achieve our goals, we must strengthen partnerships with industry, with state and local governments, and with schools, colleges and universities across the country," said President Clinton. "My goal for this committee is to help encourage those partnerships."
President Clinton established the PCAST by Executive Order in November 1993. Its members have established track records of significant achievement and represent the diverse perspectives and expertise in the U.S. science and technology establishment. The committee is co-Chaired by John H. Gibbons, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and by John A. Young, former President and CEO of the Hewlett-Packard Company.
The PCAST will advise the President both directly and through the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology. The committee will also serve as a formal channel for private sector advice to the National Science and Technology Council. The NSTC is a cabinet-level council, chaired by the President, that coordinates science and technology policies and programs across federal agencies. The PCAST will ensure the private sector perspective is included in that policy-making process.
Attachment: List of PCAST members
THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE OF ADVISORS
ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Chairs
John H. Gibbons
Assistant to the President for Science and Technology
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy
John A. Young
Former President and CEO
Hewlett-Packard Co.
Members
Norman R. Augustine
Chairman and CEO
Martin Marietta Corporation
Francisco J. Ayala
Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences
Professor of Philosophy
University of California, Irvine
Murray Gell-Mann
Professor, Santa Fe Institute
R.A. Millikan Professor Emeritus of
Theoretical Physics
California Institute of Technology
David A. Hamburg
President, Carnegie Corporation of New York
John P. Holdren
Class of 1935 Professor of Energy
University of California, Berkeley
Diana MacArthur
Chair and CEO
Dynamac Corporation
Shirley M. Malcom
Head
Directorate for Education and
Human Resources Programs
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Mario J. Molina
Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of
Environmental Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peter H. Raven
Director, Missouri Botanical Garden
Engelmann Professor of Botany
Washington University in Saint Louis
Sally K. Ride
Director, California Space Institute
Professor of Physics
University of California, San Diego
Judith Rodin
President, University of Pennsylvania
Charles A. Sanders
Chairman and CEO, Glaxo Inc.
Phillip A. Sharp
Professor of Biology
Head, Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David E. Shaw
CEO, D.E. Shaw and Co.
Charles M. Vest
President
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Virginia V. Weldon
Senior Vice President for Public Policy
Monsanto Company
Lilian Shiao-Yen Wu
Member, Research Staff
Thomas J. Watson Research Center
IBM
Chairs
John H. (Jack) Gibbons is the Assistant to the President for
Science and Technology, and Director of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy. Before being appointed to
his current position by the President, Dr. Gibbons was the
Director of the Office of Technology Assessment, a non-
partisan research arm of the United States Congress.
Dr. Gibbons is an internationally recognized scientist and
an expert in energy and environmental issues. He has a deep
interest and concern regarding the impacts of technology on
society and their implications for public policy. He is a
former Director of the Energy, Environment and Resources
Center at the University of Tennessee, and was the first
Director of Energy Conservation for the Federal Energy
Administration. While at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
he conducted physics research, and he directed projects on
energy conservation and the environmental impact of energy
production.
Born in Virginia, Dr. Gibbons graduated from Randolph-Macon
College in Ashland, Virginia, and received his Ph.D. in
Physics from Duke University.
John A. Young is the former President and CEO of Hewlett-
Packard Co. He currently serves on the Board of Directors
for Wells Fargo, SmithKline Beecham, the Chevron
Corporation, Affymetrix, Shaman Pharmaceuticals, and Abiotic
Systems.
Mr. Young has a distinguished record as a public servant.
He served as the Chairman of the President's Commission on
Industrial Competitiveness, President of the Foundation for
the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award, and a member
of the Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations.
He is also the founder and former Chairman of the private
sector Council on Competitiveness. He is currently Chairman
of the Board of Smart Valley, Inc.
A native of Idaho, Mr. Young received a degree in Electrical
Engineering from Oregon State University and received his
MBA from Stanford University. He is a member of the
National Academy of Engineering.
Members
Norman R. Augustine is the Chairman and CEO of the Martin
Marietta Corporation, and serves on the Board of Directors
for Phillips Petroleum and Proctor & Gamble. He has accrued
more than 35 years of management experience in the private
and public sectors, having formerly worked for Douglas
Aircraft and LTV, as well as holding the post of Under
Secretary of the Army from 1975 to 1977.
Mr. Augustine is currently serving on the Defense Policy
Advisory Committee on Trade and is the Chairman of the
National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.
Born in Denver, Mr. Augustine received both his Bachelor's
and Master's degrees in aeronautical engineering from
Princeton University.
Francisco J. Ayala is the Donald Bren Professor of
Biological Sciences and Professor of Philosophy at the
University of California, Irvine. He is President of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science, and is
a member of National Academy of Sciences and the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Dr. Ayala has been a member of advisory committees for the
Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science
Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health
Dr. Ayala graduated from the University of Madrid, and
subsequently earned his doctorate from Columbia University
in New York. He is widely known for his scholarship on the
topics of population, genetics, and evolution.
Murray Gell-Mann is a Professor of the Santa Fe Institute
and Co-Chair of its Science Board. He is also the R. A.
Millikan Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Physics at the
California Institute of Technology. He is famous for his
research in the area of elementary particle theory and was
awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Professor Gell-Mann has served on the former President's
Science Advisory Committee, and he is currently a director
of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He is
a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a foreign
member of the Royal Society.
Professor Gell-Mann was born in New York City, attended Yale
University, and received his Ph.D. in Physics from MIT. He
is the recipient of numerous honorary Doctorates in Science.
David A. Hamburg is President of Carnegie Corporation of New
York. He was Professor and Chairman of the Department of
Psychiatry and Reed-Hodgson Professor of Human Biology at
Stanford University; then President of the Institute of
Medicine, National Academy of Sciences; later, he was
President, American Association for the Advancement of
Science. He has also served as an advisor to the World
Health Organization and the National Institute of Mental
Health.
Dr. Hamburg was born in Evansville, Indiana, and received
his M.D. from Indiana University.
John P. Holdren is the Class of 1935 Professor of Energy at
the University of California, Berkeley, and Visiting
Distinguished Scholar at the Woods Hole Research Center. He
is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and Chair of
its Committee on International Security and Arms Control,
Chair of the Executive Committee of the Pugwash Conferences
on Science and World Affairs, and a former Chairman of the
Federation of American Scientists. He has written
extensively on energy technology and policy, global
environmental problems, and international security.
Dr. Holdren was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania and grew up
in San Mateo, California. He was trained in aeronautics and
astronautics and in theoretical plasma physics at MIT and
Stanford.
Diana MacArthur is Chair, CEO, and co-founder of Dynamac
Corporation, a firm providing integrated environmental
services, including life sciences consulting, natural
resources management, and hazardous waste engineering.
Previously, she served as president of a Dynamac subsidiary
engaged in technology transfer, training, education, and
communications in the areas of health, the environment, and
safety.
Mrs. MacArthur was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and
received her bachelor's degree from Vassar College.
Shirley M. Malcom is Head of the Directorate for Education
and Human Resources Programs of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science. A former high school teacher
and university professor, she has been nationally recognized
for her efforts to improve educational opportunities for
under-represented groups and to promote broader public
understanding of science and technology.
Dr. Malcom is the author of numerous publications on equity
and education, and serves on a number of advisory committees
relating to the evaluation of educational reform.
Dr. Malcom received her Ph.D. in ecology from The
Pennsylvania State University, master's degree in zoology
from the University of California, Los Angeles, and
bachelor's degree with distinction in zoology from the
University of Washington.
Mario J. Molina is the Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of
Environmental Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. He is a member of the National Academy of
Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of
Science. He has served on federal advisory committees for
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the
National Science Foundation, and the National Institutes of
Health.
Dr. Molina is a former Senior Research Scientist at the Jet
Propulsion Lab. His area of expertise is chemistry of the
stratosphere, and he is famous for his work on determining
the sources of stratospheric ozone depletion.
Dr. Molina was an undergraduate at the Universidad Nacional
Autonoma de Mexico, and he received his Ph.D. in physical
chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley.
Peter H. Raven is Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden
and Engelmann Professor of Botany at Washington University
in St. Louis. He has served as a member of the National
Science Board, is the Home Secretary of the National Academy
of Sciences, and is Chairman of the Report Review Committee
of the National Research Council. He is a fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Dr. Raven is a member of the editorial board of numerous
scientific publications, and has contributed more than 400
articles to professional journals. He has been awarded 14
honorary degrees in science.
Born in Shanghai, China, Dr. Raven graduated from the
University of California, Berkeley, and received his Ph.D.
from UCLA.
Sally K. Ride is a former astronaut and current Director of
the California Space Institute at the University of
California, San Diego. She is also a professor of Physics
at UCSD. She is an author of three children's books and was
a member of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle
Challenger Accident.
Dr. Ride was born in Los Angeles. She studied english and
physics as an undergraduate and earned her Ph.D. in physics,
all at Stanford University.
Judith Rodin is the President of the University of
Pennsylvania. She serves on the editorial boards of
numerous journals and she has written on the topics of
obesity, appetite, aging and health behavior.
Dr. Rodin is a fellow of the Institute of Medicine, the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American
Psychological Association.
Dr. Rodin was born in Philadelphia and attended the
University of Pennsylvania before receiving her Ph.D. from
Columbia University.
Charles A. Sanders is Chairman and CEO of Glaxo Inc., and a
member of the board of Glaxo Holdings, Merrill Lynch & Co.,
Reynolds Metals, and Morton International Inc. He formerly
held the position of chief executive officer of the science
and technology division of Squibb Corporation. Previously,
he was general director of Massachusetts General Hospital
and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Sanders is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the
National Academy complex, and serves as Chairman of Project
HOPE and the Commonwealth Fund.
Dr. Sanders is a native of Dallas and a graduate of the
Southwestern Medical College of the University of Texas.
Phillip A. Sharp is Professor of Biology, Head of the
Department of Biology, and former Director of the Center for
Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. He is a co-founder, and member of the Board of
Directors of Biogen, Inc.
Dr. Sharp was a co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine for his research on gene structure.
He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and
Institute of Medicine, and a fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science.
Dr. Sharp was born in Falmouth, Kentucky, received his BA
from Union College, Kentucky, and earned his Ph.D. in
Chemistry from the University of Illinois, Urbana.
David E. Shaw is the CEO of D.E. Shaw & Co., a group of
technology-oriented financial firms. The author of numerous
publications on science, technology, and public policy, Dr.
Shaw is a member of the Board of Governors of the New York
Academy of Sciences, and formerly served on the faculty of
the Computer Science Department at Columbia University and
as a vice president at Morgan Stanley & Co.
Dr. Shaw graduated from the University of California, San
Diego. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University,
where his research centered on massively parallel
supercomputing.
Charles M. Vest is President of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
He is a former Provost, Vice President for Academic Affairs,
and Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research interests are in the
areas of heat transfer, fluid mechanics and optics.
Dr. Vest serves on the Board of Directors for IBM and the
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. He is a trustee of the
Boston Museum of Science, Wellesley College, WGBH
Educational Foundation, and Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution. He is a member of the National Academy of
Engineering, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences, and of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
Born in Morgantown West Virginia, Dr. Vest attended the
University of West Virginia before receiving his Ph.D. in
mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan.
Virginia V. Weldon is Senior Vice President for Public
Policy for the Monsanto Company. She is a former professor
of pediatrics, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs,
and Vice President of the Medical Center at the Washington
University School of Medicine, St. Louis. She previously
served as Chair of the Assembly of the Association of
American Medical Colleges and as a member of the Board of
Directors of Southwestern Bell. She currently is a member
of the Board of Directors for G.D. Searle & Co., The
Nutrasweet Corporation, and the General American Life
Insurance Company.
Dr. Weldon is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the
National Academy of Sciences, the Society for Pediatric
research, and the American Pediatric Association. Her
research interests are in the area of growth disorders and
hormone secretion in children.
Dr. Weldon was born in Toronto, Canada, and is a U.S.
citizen. She received her bachelor's degree from Smith
College and her M.D. from the State University of New York,
Buffalo.
Lilian Shiao-Yen Wu is a member of the Research Staff at
IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center. She is also a
Director of the International Institute of Forecasters, and
is currently serving on the National Research Council's
Committee on Women in Science and Technology.
Dr. Wu's accomplishments include the development of
innovative mathematical models and statistical methods for
business forecasting and planning, and the implementation of
those methods in business practice.
Dr. Wu was born in Beijing, China. She is a graduate of the
University of Maryland at College Park, and received her
Ph.D. from Cornell University in Applied Mathematics.
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