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Richard N. Zare is Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science in the Department of Chemistry at Stanford University. He received his B.A. in 1961 and his Ph.D. in 1964 from Harvard University. His research areas are physical and analytical chemistry with specialized interests in application of lasers to chemical problems, molecular structure, molecular reaction dynamics, and chemical analysis. Zare has been a member of various NRC committees and served as co-chair of the Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications and chair of the National Science Board. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and he received the U.S. National Medal of Science in 1983. 

Langford, G. (2003). Introductory remarks. Workforce Workshop, National Science Board (August 12). 

National Science Board (2004). Science and engineering indicators 2004. Volumes 1 and 2. Arlington, VA National Science Foundation (Volume 1, NSB04-1 Volume 2, NSB04-1A). 

National Science Board. 2002. Science and Engineering Indicators 2002. Arlington, VA National Science Foundation. 

What about the old question, how much research is enough Will it come back How will we answer this question I want to say strongly that when we try to coordinate our R D effort, we should not start with the view that we should eliminate all overlap and repetition in science funding. A colleague who served on the National Science Board in the mid-1970s came to believe that overlap and repetition is needed to assure that all the necessary research gets done. 

Conant was able to devote his full effort to Harvard for only a few years as the Nazi military threat came to dominate the world, Conant became increasingly involved with national affairs. As Chairman of the National Defense Research Committee, he provided effective scientific leadership during World War II. After the war he was appointed the first Chairman of the National Science Board, and in that role helped to initiate the policies that proved so successful in encouraging the development of science, especially in the U.S., but also abroad. 

Manners, George E., Jr., and Nason, Howard K., "Trends in Industrial Research", National Science Board Planning Environment Review, 1978, Volume I., pp. 45-49, NSB-78-191, June, 1978... 

Good was appointed to the National Science Board by President Carter in 1980 and again by President Reagan in 1986. She was chairman of that board from 1988 until 1991, when she received an appointment from President Bush to become a member of the President s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Good also served on the boards of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Cincinnati Milacron, and Ameritech. She was also a member of the National Advisory Board for the State of Arkansas. 

National Science Board, The Physical Sciences. Report of the National Science Board Submitted to the Congress (Washington D.C., 1970), 19-20. 

By 1978 Harrison was finishing her term on the National Science Board, to which she had been appointed by Richard Nixon in 1972. In the 1980s, she was the fourth woman president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (the first woman chemist). Thus she was one of the very few women scientists of the 1970s and 1980s to play much of a role in the whole enterprise that is called science policy. She even ran a meeting on international science at Mount Holyoke (a women s college) in the mid-1980s.4... 

Hackerman was a leader in the field of -> corrosion, -> passivity, and surface chemistry at electrodes and metals. He was especially active in the field of -> corrosion inhibitors and establishing a molecular basis for their action. Hackerman promoted science at the federal and state levels through many activities, such as the National Science Board (1968-80 chair 1975-80). He was also active in the Electrochemical Society, serving as president (1957-58) and editor of the Journal of the Electrochemical Society (1969-89). He was elected to membership in a number of societies, including the National Academy of Sciences (1971), the American Philosophi-... 

Richard N. Zare (b. 1939) is Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in. Natural Science at Stanford University in Stanford, California. He got his B.A. in 1961 and his Ph.D. in 1964, both from Harvard University. Following appointments at the University of Colorado and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he was Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University between 1969 and 1977 and has been at Stanford University since 1977. He is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. and a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (London). He was Member (1992-1998) and Chair (1996-1998) of the National Science Board and Chair of the Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications of the National Research Council (1992-1995) and served on the Council of the National Academy of Sciences from 1995 to 1998. His many awards include the Michael Polanyi Medal (1979, England), the National Medal of Science (1983), the Irving Langmuir Prize (1985), the Peter Debye Award (1991), the National Academy of Sciences Award in Chemical Sciences (1991), the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Award (1997), and the Welch Award in Chemistry (1999). Our conversation was recorded at Stanford University on May 13, 1999. ... 

U.S. National Science Board, "Science Indicators 1976," 5> 186-7, Washington, 1977. 

National Science Board, Science and Engineering Indicators-1989, NSB Pub. No. 89-1 (Washington, DC U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989). 

National Science Board 2002, Science Engineering Indicators - 2002, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. 

Organizational Member, National Science Board (1962-1968) Am. Assoc. Membership Adv. of Sci. (Pres. 1965, Board of Dir. 1961-1966) (Pres. 

Recent National Science Board Studies in University-Industry Research Relationships... 

National Science Board Committee on 14th Annual Report, Washington, DC 20SS0... 

These remarks will provide a brief preview of sane results frc n a major national field stu oontnissioned as background material for the National Science Board 14th Annual Report, University-Industry Research Relation ips Myths, Realities and Potentials. The Board Report will contain sane historical considerations, a fairly coitpr ensive data emalysis of trends over the past 20 years, a discussion of the federal role, and a hypothesis about the future of university/industry relaticxis. 

The materials upon which this report is based were supplied by Dr. Carlos E. Kruytbosch, Executive Secretary, Committee on the Fourteenth Board Report, National Science Board. The support and guidance of Dr. Kruytbosch are gratefully acknowledged. 

The author of this article is Vice President and Chief Scientist of IBM, a former Director of the National Bureau of Standards, and since 1980, Chairman of the National Science Board. 

Cantwell, Katherine M. "University-Industry Research Relationships at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory." A report submitted to the National Science Board, July 1980. 

CARLOS E. KRUYTBOSCH is a staff associate in the National Science Foundation Office of Planning and Policy Analysis and is executive secretary of the National Science Board (NSB) Conmlttees on the 12th and 1 1th NSB Reports. He has also served as executive secretary of the NSB Committee on Minorities and Women in Science. Dr. Kruytbosch is a sociologist, a holder of the Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, an has done undergraduate work and the... 

Neal, H.A. Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education National Science Board Washington, D.C., 1986. 

NSB (National Science Board). 2003. The Science and Engineering Wortforce Realizing America s Potential. NSB 0369. Available online at http //www.nsf.gov/nsb/documents/... 

Much has been made of the impetus to pursuing science and engineering careers that was generated by the launch of Sputnik in October 1957. And many have attempted to fashion a similar call to action based on our national economic security. However, when one looks at the production of bachelor s level engineers, on a population normalized basis, it appears that the Sputnik phenomenon had little impact on engineering study. As the data in Fig. 7.3 (National Science Board, 2006 U.S. 

Fig. 7.1 Engineering college graduates in the United States and China (adapted from data in reference National Science Board, 2006). Missing United States 1999 data approximated by the average of 1997 and 2000 data...

National Science Board. (1987). Science engineering indicators. Washington, DC National Science Board. 

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