Background
Buffum, Elizabeth V. was born on July 27, 1941 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Harry Leo and Mary Ellen (Carnell) Veihmeyer.
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Elizabeth V. Buffum
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Elizabeth V. Buffum, American federal agency administrator. Certified teacher. Recipient Administrv. and Management Excellence award Interagy. Committee on Information Resources Management, 1992, Organizational Excellence award Public Employees Round Table, 1992, Exceptional Service award Federally Employed Women, 1993, Presidential Rank award, 1994.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Akron University, 1972. Master of Arts, Akron University, 1975. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1985.
Postgraduate, Brookings Institute, 1994. Postgraduate, Federal Executive Institute, 1991.
Career
Owner, small business, Washington, 1975-1978; policy advisor, Energy Research and Development Administrn., Washington, 1975-1977; analyst, Executive Office of the President, Washington, 1977-1978; policy assistant to assistant secretary, unites states department Energy, Washington, 1978-1981; assoc.mgr., United States Department of Energy Office of Science Technology Information, Washington, 1981-1985; deputy manager, United States Department of Energy Office of Science Technology Information, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1986-1989; director Office Science.and Technology Information, United States Department of Energy Office of Science Technology Information, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, since 1990; chief operating officer, Science Education & Technology Information Office, Washington, since 1993. United States representative International Energy Agency, Paris, since 1990, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, since 1990. Board directors, vice chair technical committee International Council Science and Technology Information, since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
President board directors Hope of Tennessee, Oak Ridge, 1989-1992. Volunteer Fluorescence in situ hybridization, Oak Ridge, 1988-1994. Fundraiser March of Dimes, 1989-1994.
Fundraiser, tutor Norwood Elementary School, 1990-1994. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Women, National Association of Female Executives, American Association Information Science (policy chair 1985), Association Politics and Life Sciences, Federally Employed Women, Academy of Political Science, Senior Executives Association.
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Children: Stephen Wilder Buffum, Kathleen Carnell Buffum.
