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Babbitt, Bruce. Governor of Arizona, 1978- . Born: June 27, 1938, Los Angeles, Calif. Education: Notre Dame University (BA, 1960); University of Newcastle, England (MS, 1963); Harvard Law School (LLB, 1965). Experience: special assistant to director, VISTA, 1966-67; attorney, Brown & Bain, Phoenix, Ariz., 1967-74; attorney general of Arizona, 1974-78. Honors & Awards: Marshall Scholar, 1960-62; Thomas Jefferson Award, 1979, Society of Professional Journal ists-Sigma Delta Chi. Publications: Grand Canyon: An Anthology (1978); Color and Light: The Southwest Canvases of Louis Akin (1974). Memberships: National Governors' Association (chairman, Subcommittee on Public Protection); Four Corners Regional Commission; former member, National Association of Attorneys General. Activities: Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; chairman, Southwest Border Regional Commission; Advisory Committee, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Haggerty, Patrick Eugene. General Director and Honorary Chairman, Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, Tex., 1976- . Born: March 17, 1914, Harvey, N.D. Education: Marquette University (BS, 1936). Experience: Badger Carton Co., Milwaukee, Wis., 1935-42: production manager, 1935-39, assistant general manager, 1939-42; lieutenant, U.S. Naval Reserve at Bureau of Aeronautics, U.S. Dept. of the Navy, 1942-45; Texas Instruments, Inc., 1945-76: general manager, Laboratory and Manufacturing Division, 1945-51, executive vice president and director, 1951-58, president, 1958-66, chairman, 1966-76, retired, 1976. Honors & Awards: Medal of Honor, 1967, Electronic Industries Association; Founders Award, 1968, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Industrial Research Institute Medalist, 1969; John Fritz Medalist, 1971; Alumnus of the Year, 1972, Marquette University; Wema Medal of Achievement, 1972; Henry Laurence Gantt Medal, 1975; honorary doctorates from: St. Mary's University, 1959, Marquette University, 1960, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1962, University of Dallas, 1964, North Dakota State University, 1967, Catholic University, 1971, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1972, University of Notre Dame, 1974. Publications: Management Philosophies and Practices of Texas Instruments (1965), The Productive Society (1973). Memberships: Rockefeller University (chairman, Board of Trustees); University of Dallas (Board of Trustees and Executive Committee); Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Fellow); National Academy of Engineering (elected, 1965); American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow); National Security Industrial Association (life member and former vice chairman, Board of Trustees); Texas Academy of Science (life member); The Business Council. Activities: vice chairman. Defense Science Board, 1965-67; National Commission on Technology, Automation, and Economic Progress, 1968; Presidential Science Advisory Committee, 1970-71; chairman, National Council on Educational Research, 1973-74; Executive Committee, Tri-Lateral Commission, 1973-76; Board of Governors, U.S. Postal Service, 1972-73.

Kemeny, John G. President, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1970- Born: May 31, 1926, Budapest, Hungary; came to U.S. 1940; naturalized U.S. citizen, 1945. Education: Princeton University (BA, 1947; PhD, 1949). Experience: assistant, Theoretical Division, Manhattan Project, U.S. Dept. of the Army, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, N. Mex., 1945-46; research assistant to Albert Einstein, Institute for Advanced Study, 1948-49; Princeton University, 1949-53: Fine Instructor in Mathematics, 1949-51, assistant professor of philosophy, 1951-53; Dartmouth College, 1953-70: professor of mathematics, 1953-70, chairman of Mathematics Department, 1955-67, Albert Bradley Third Century Professor, 1969-70. Honors & Awards: Priestley Award, 1976; honorary doctorates from: Middlebury College, 1965, Columbia University, 1971, Princeton University, 1971, University of New Hampshire, 1972, Boston College, 1973, University of Pennsylvania, 1975, Colby College, 1976, Bard College, 1978, Lafayette College, 1978. Publications: A Philosopher Looks at Science (1959), Man and the Computer (1972), Random Essays, numerous articles; co-author: Basic Programming (1968), Denumerable Markov Chains (1966), Finite Mathematics with Business Applications (1962), Finite Markov Chains (1960), Mathematical Models in the Social Sciences (1962), Finite Mathematical Structures (1958), Introduction to Finite Mathematics (1957); contributor, Encyclopaedia (sic) Britannica; associate editor, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 1959-70. Memberships: Phi Beta Kappa; Association for Symbolic Logic (consulting editor, 1950-59); Mathematical Association of America (chairman, New England Section, 1959-60; Board of Governors, 1960-63; chairman. Panel on Teacher Training, 1961-63; chairman, Panel on Biological and Social Sciences, 1963-64); American Mathematical Society; American Philosophical Association; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Sigma Xi (national lecturer, 1967); National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; American Association for the Advancement of Science. Activities: consultant, Rand Corp., 1953-70; consultant, Educational Research Council of Greater Cleveland, 1959-70; chairman, U.S. Commission on Mathematics Instruction, 1958-60; National Research Council, 1963-66; vice chairman, Advisory Committee on Computing, National Science Foundation, 1968-69; delivered Vanuxem Lectures, Princeton University, 1974; National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, 1971-73; Advisory Committee to Regional Director, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1971-73; trustee, Foundation Center, 1970-76; trustee, Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching, 1972-78; director, Council for Financial Aid to Education, 1976-79; director, Honey-well, Inc., 1978-79.

Lewis, Carolyn Diana. Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Broadcast Division, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, N.Y., 1978- . Born: Sept. 8, 1931, New York, N.Y. Education: University of Arizona (BA, 1951); University of Oslo, Norway (1951); University of Sydney, Australia (1956-58). Experience: reporter, United Press International, Sydney, 1954-56; radio news commentator, Macquarie Network, Australia, 1958-65; television news commentator, ATN, Sydney, 1958-65; reporter and columnist. Daily Mirror, Sydney, 1959-65; reporter, Washington Post, 1965-68; Capitol Hill correspondent, WTOP-TV and radio, 1968-74; moderator, "Meeting of the Minds," WNBC, 1966-68; Capitol Hill correspondent, Television News, Inc., 1974; correspondent, impeachment hearings, PBS (National Public Affairs Center for Television), 1974-75; associate professor of journalism, Boston University, 1975-78. Honors & Awards: Gavel Award, American Bar Association. Publications: regular contributor, Op-Ed, The New York Times; Washington Post; Reader's Digest; TV Guide; chapter in 1979 Dupont-Columbia University Survey of Broadcast Journalism. Memberships: Phi Kappa Phi; Delta Sigma Rho.

Marks, Paul Alan. Vice President for Health Sciences, 1973- , Frode Jensen Professor of Medicine, 1974- ; Professor of Human Genetics and Development, 1969- , Director, Cancer Center, 1973- , Columbia University, New York, N.Y. Born: Aug. 16, 1926, New York, N.Y. Education: Columbia College, Columbia University (AB, 1945); College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University (MD, 1949). Experience: senior investigator, National Institutes of Health, 1953-55; Columbia University, 1952- : Fellow, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1952-53, instructor in medicine, 1955-56, associate in medicine, 1956-57, assistant professor of medicine, 1957-61, associate professor of medicine, 1961-67, professor of medicine, 1967-74, chairman, Dept. of Human Genetics and Development, 1969-70, dean, Faculty of Medicine, 1970-73; visiting attending physician, Francis Delafield Hospital, 1959-75; visiting scientist, Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France, 1961-62; Presbyterian Hospital, 1'962- : associate attending physician, 1962-67, attending physician, 1967- . Honors & Awards: Phi Beta Kappa; Columbia University: Janeway Prize, 1949, Joseph Mather Smith Prize, 1959, Stevens Triennial Prize, 1960, Bicentennial Medal, 1968; Swiss-American Foundation Award in Medical Research, 1965; Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1972; Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 1972. Publications: numerous articles; Editorial Board, 1964-71, associate editor, 1976-77, editor-in-chief, 1978- , Blood, Journal of the American Society of Hematology; editor, 1967-71, associate editor, 1971-72, Journal of Clinical Investigation; consulting editor, Blood Cells, 1974- . Memberships: American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Association for Cancer Research; American College of Physicians; American Society of Hematoiogy (chairman, Committee on Scientific Affairs, 1970, chairman, Publications Committee, 1973-74); American Society of Human Genetics (Program Committee, 1963); Association of American Physicians; American Society for Clinical Investigation (president, 1971-72); National Academy of Sciences (elected, 1973). Activities: Advisory Panel, National Science Foundation, 1964-67; Organizing Committee, International School for Developmental Biology, NATO, 1971-72; Delos Conferences, Athens, Greece, 1971-73; chairman, Hematology Training Grants Committee, National Institutes of Health, 1971-73; chairman, Executive Committee, Division of Medical Sciences, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, 1973-76; Founding Committee, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Japan, 1975-77; President's Panel on Biomedical Research, 1975-76; President's Cancer Panel, 1976- ; trustee, St. Luke's Hospital Center, 1970- ; trustee, Roosevelt Hospital, 1970- ; trustee, Presbyterian Hospital, 1972- ; Board of Directors, Keystone Life Sciences Center, Colo., 1976- ; director, Charles H. Revson Foundation, Inc., 1976- ; Board of Trustees, Metpath Institute for Medical Education, 1977- ; director, Dreyfus Leverage Fund, 1978- ; director, Pfizer Inc., 1978- .

Marrett, Cora Bagley. Professor of Sociology and Afro-American Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1979- . Born: June 15, 1942, Richmond, Va. Education: Virginia Union University (BA, 1963), University of Wisconsin (MA, 1965; PhD, 1968). Experience: assistant professor of sociology, University of North Carolina, 1968-69; Western Michigan University, 1969-74: assistant professor of sociology, 1969-72, associate professor of sociology, 1972-74; associate professor, Departments of Sociology and Afro-American Studies, University of Wisconsin, 1974-79. Honors & Awards: Summer Stipend for Younger Humanists, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1972; Resident Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, 1973-74; Fellowship, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1976-77. Publications: numerous articles in technical journals. Memberships: American Sociological Association (chairwoman, Committee on the Status of Women in Sociology, 1972-74; Editorial Board, American Sociologist, 1972-75; Minority Fellowship Committee, 1973-74); Southwestern Social Science Association (Editorial Board, Social Science Quarterly, 1972- ); Social Science Research Council (Board of Directors, 1973-80; Executive Committee, 1975-80). Activities: U.S. Army Scientific Advisory Panel: consultant, 1976-77, Research Advisory Group, Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, 1976-77; American Association for the Advancement of Science: conference consultant, "Minority Women in Science and Engineering," 1975, "Women in Basic Research Careers," 1977, conference co-organizer, "Minorities in Science," 1976; National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council: Social Science Panel, Advisory Committee to the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, 1970-71, chairwoman, workshop, "Issues in the Employment of Women," 1974; National Science Foundation: Advisory Panel, Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program, 1977, Advisory Committee, Program on Ethics and Values in Science and Technology, 1977-78.

McBride, Lloyd. International President, United Steelworkers of America, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1977- ; Vice President, AFL-CIO, 1977- . Born: March 9, 1916, Farmington, Mo. Experience: member, Steel Workers Organizing Committee, 1936; organizer and Negotiating Committee, Local 1295, St. Louis, Mo., 1936; president, Local 1295, 1938-40; president, St. Louis Industrial Union Council of CIO, 1940-42; president, Missouri State CIO Industrial Union Council, 1942-44; U.S. Naval Reserve, 1944-46; United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, 1946- : staff union representative, 1946-58, subdistrict director, 1958-65, director, District 34 (Mo., Kan., Neb., Iowa, southern 111.), (secretary and chairman, basic steel negotiation, Armco Steel Corp.; chairman, multi-plant bargaining, American Steel Foundries), 1965-77. Honors & Awards: Honorary Fellow, Truman Library Institute. Memberships: National Urban Coalition (Board of Directors); American Arbitration Association (director); Americans for Energy Independence (Board); National Center for Resource Recovery (Board of Directors); National Society for the Prevention of Blindness (Board of Directors); Salvation Army (advisory member). Activities: chairman, Foundry and Forgings Industry Conference; chairman, Lead Workers Conference; delegate. International Metalworkers Federation, Geneva, Switzerland; Labor Policy Advisory Committee, U.S. Dept. of Labor; vice president, American Immigration and Citizenship Conference; Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations; National Commission on Air Quality; President's - Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.

McPherson, Harry C., Jr. Partner; Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, & McPherson; Washington, D.C.; 1969- . Born: Aug. 22, 1929, Tyier, Tex, Education: University of the South (BA, 1949), Columbia University (1949-50), University of Texas Law School (LLB, 1956). Experience: U.S. Senate Democratic Policy Committee, 1956-63: assistant general counsel, 1956-59, associate general counsel, 1959-61, general counsel, 1961-63; deputy under secretary of the Army for international affairs and special assistant to the secretary for civil functions, 1963-64; assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs, 1964-65; special assistant and counsel (1965-66) and special counsel (1966-69) to President Lyndon B. Johnson. Honors & Awards: Distinguished Civilian Service Award, 1964, U.S. Dept. of the Army; Honorary DCL, 1965, University of the South; Arthur S. Fleming Award, 1968. Publications: A Political Education (1972); Editorial Board, Foreign Affairs; Publications Committee, The Public Interest. Memberships: N.Y. Council on Foreign Relations (Board of Directors, 1974-77); Maryland Inquiry Panel. Activities: John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts: vice chairman, 1969-76, general counsel, 1977- ; Board of Trustees, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1969-74; chairman, Task Force on Domestic Policy, Democratic Advisory Council of Elected Officials, 1974-76.

Peterson, Russell W. President and Chief Executive Officer, National Audubon Society, New York, N.Y., 1979- . Born: Oct. 3, 1916, Portage, Wis. Education: University of Wisconsin (BS, 1938; PhD, 1942). Experience: E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc., 1942-69: research director, Textile Fabrics Division, 1954-55 and 1956-59, merchandising manager, Textile Fibers, 1955-56, director, New Products Division, Textile Fibers, 1959-62, director, Research and Development Division, 1963-69; governor, State of Delaware, 1969-73; chairman, President's Council on Environmental Quality, 1973-76; founding president, New Directions, Washington, D.C., 1976-77; director, Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress, 1978-79. Honors & Awards: Conservationist-of-the-Year, 1971, National Wildlife Federation; Gold Medal Award, 1971, World Wildlife Fund; Annual Award, 1971, Commercial Development Association; Parson's Award, 1974, American Chemical Society; Annual Award, 1977, National Audubon Society; Proctor Prize of Sigma Xi, 1978; Distinguished Citizen Award, National Municipal League; Honorary Fellow, Textile Research Institute; honorary doctorates from: Williams College, 1975, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1979, Butler University, 1979, Springfield College, 1979. Publications: numerous articles in Chemical and Engineering News, American Scientist, Smithsonian, Industry Week, Harvard Business Review, Bioscience, The New York Times, Washington Post, Congressional Record. Memberships: Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi; North-South Roundtable; International Institute for Environment and Development; American Chemical Society; Federation of American Scientists; American Ornithological Union; American Institute of Chemists (Fellow); American Association for the Advancement of Science (director); Alliance to Save Energy (director); The World Wildlife Fund (director). Activities: regional vice president, National Municipal League, 1968- ; Board of Directors, Textile Research Institute, 1956-69 (chairman, Executive Committee, 1959-61; chairman, Board of Directors, 1961-63); co-chairman, Save Our Seas; director, Tri-County Conservancy of the Brandywine; chairman. National Education Commission of the States, 1970; chairman, National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals, 1971-73; chairman, Southern States Nuclear Board; chairman, Delaware River Basin Commission, 1971-72; chairman, Executive Committee, National Commission on Critical Choices for Americans, 1973-74; vice chairman, U.S. Delegation to the U.N. World Population Conference, 1974; vice chairman, U.S. Delegation to the U.N. World Conference on Human Settlements, 1976.

Pigford, Thomas H. Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Chairman, Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1959- . Born: April 21, 1922, Meridian, Miss. Education: Georgia Institute of Technology (BS, 1943); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SM, 1948; ScD, 1952). Experience: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946-57: instructor of chemical engineering, 1946-47, assistant professor of chemical and nuclear engineering, 1950-55, associate professor, 1955-57; director, Graduate School of Engineering Practice, Oak Ridge, Tenn., 1950-52; senior development engineer, Aqueous Homogenous Reactor Project, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1952; director of engineering, director of nuclear reactor projects, assistant director of research laboratory, General Atomic Division, General Dynamics Corp., San Diego, Calif., 1957-59. Honors & Awards: E. I. DuPont de Nemours Fellowship, 1948-50; Outstanding Young Man of Greater Boston, 1956; Arthur H. Compton Award, 1971, American Nuclear Society; Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1975; Founders Award, 1978, American Nuclear Society. Publications: co-author, Nuclear Chemical Engineering (1957); numerous research papers and articles. Memberships: National Academy of Engineering (elected, 1976); American Nuclear Society (charter member, Fellow, former director); National Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel (1963-72); American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Institute of Chemical Engineering; American Institute of Mechanical Engineers; Committee on Radioactive Waste Management, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences. Activities: teaching, research, consultant to government and various industries.

Taylor, Theodore B. Visiting Lecturer with rank of Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Princeton University, 1976- . Born: July 11, 1925, Mexico City, Mexico (parents American citizens). Education: California Institute of Technology (BS, 1945); Cornell University (PhD, 1954). Experience: U.S. Naval Reserve, 1942-46; theoretical physicist, University of California Radiation Laboratory, Berkeley, 1946-49; staff member, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1949-56; technical director of Project Orion, senior research advisor, General Atomic Division, General Dynamics Corp., San Diego, Calif., 1956-64; deputy director (scientific), Defense Atomic Support Agency, U.S. Dept. of Defense, 1964-66; chairman of the board and founder. International Research and Technology Corp., 1967-76. Honors & Awards: Ernest 0. Lawrence Memorial Award, 1965. Publications: co-author: The Restoration of the Earth (1973), Nuclear Theft: Risks and Safeguards (1974), Nuclear Proliferation (1977), Energy: The Next Twenty Years (1979), and author of numerous articles in technical journals and popular media. Memberships: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, International Solar Energy Society. Activities: consultant: Air Force Science Advisory Board, 1955-58, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1956-64, Aerospace Corp., 1960-61, Atomic Energy Commission, 1966-70, Defense Atomic Support Agency, 1966-69, Rockefeller Foundation, 1977-79; chairman, Los Alamos Study Group, Air Force Space Study Commission, 1961; Voluntary Speaker Program in Asia, U.S. Information Service, 1977-79.

Trunk, Anne D. Resident, Middletown, Pa.; married, six children. Born: Dec. 31, 1934, New York, N.Y. Activities: Middletown Civic Club (president, 1971-72); Middletown Women's Club; Advisory Board, L. J. Fink Elementary School, Middletown, Pa.; Welcome Committee, Terre Haute, Ind.