Education
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1964;
Master of Science in Chemistry, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1964;
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University of Illinois, 1969;
Master of Business Administration, University of Pennsylvania, 1974.
Career
Research chemist, E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1969-1973;
assistant to executive secretary county unions for professional employees, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, 1974-1977;
assistant director department for professional employees, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, 1977-1984;
associate director department, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, 1984-1990;
executive assistant to president department, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, 1990-1994;
associate executive director, Commision on Engineering and Technology Sys., National Research Council, Washington, since 1994. Member commission on computer aided manufacturing, assembly of engineering National Research Council, 1980-1981, member commission on education and utilization of engineer, 1982-1985, member panel on technical and women's employment, 1984-1986, member of commission on engineering and technical system, 1985-1992, member commission on review of information system modernization of Internal Revenue Service, 1990-1994, member coordinating county for education, 1991-1992, member commission to study impact of information technical on performance of service activities, 1991-1993,member of national commission on science education Studies. and assessment, 1992-1994, member com.on international Studies., conformity assessment and United States trade policy, 1993-1995, acting director board on infrastructure and constructed environmental, 1994-1995, acting director board on engineering education, 1995. Member public understandingof science advising committee National Science Foundation, 1977-1979, chairman informal science education oversight committee, 1985-1986, member of advisory county, 1984-1989.
Member adjunct faculty George Mason U., Fairfax, Virginia, 1983, 84. Adjunct assistant professor University College U. Maryland., College Park, since 1993. Member external review committee National Institute Occupl.
Safety and Health; member of advisory panel on information technical, automation and the workplace Office Technology Assessment, United States Congress, 1982-1984. Member of national advising committee for training in new technical Work in American Institute, 1985-1987. Member review panelCtr. on Education Quality of Workforce, unites states department Education, 1990.
Provider testimony various congressional hearings, 1982, 83, 87. Participant, presenter numerous professional conferences and symposia, most recently technical summit Berkeley Round Table on International Economy, San Francisco, 1993, presidential colloquium on chemical research environmental in next century, Washington, 1994,Symposium on Restructuring, Retooling, Reinventing Employment in Chemistry, 1997.
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society (councilor since 1975, society commission on professional relations 1988-1989, chairman subcommittee on career support and member assistance 1990-1991, chairman subcommittee on career support 1989, consultant 1992-1993, Chairman of Commission on Project Seed since 1992, chairman division professional relations 1982, chairman mem.adv. board 1973, member commission on economics status 1978-1986, member task force onoccupl. health and safety 1987-1994, Henry Hill award 1992, chairman subcommittee on federal policy agenda since 1996), Society for Occupl. and Environmental Health (secretary-treasurer 1978-1982, plaque 1982), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.