Background
Bugliarello, George was born on May 20, 1927 in Trieste, Italy. Arrived in the United States, 1951, naturalized, 1964. Son of Federico and Spera (Gefter-Wondrich) Bugliarello.
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Education
Doctor of Engineering summa cum laude, University Padua, Italy, 1951. Master of Science in Civil Engineering, University Minnesota, 1954. Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Carnegie-Mellon University, 1986. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Trinity College, 1997. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Trieste, 1989.
Engineering Doctorate (honorary), Milwaukee School Engineering, 1991. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Illinois Institute of Technology, 1993. Engineering Doctorate (honorary), Illinois Institute of Technology.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Pace University, 1994. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Pace University. Doctor in Arts and Humane Letters (honorary), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2004.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Minn.
Career
Research engineer University Padua, 1951. From research assistant to research associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956-1959. Member faculty Carnegie-Mellon University, 1959-1969, professor biotechnology and civil engineering, 1956-1969, chairman biotechnology program, 1964-1969.
Dean engineering University Illinois Chicago Circuit, 1969-1973. President Polytechnic Institute New York University (formely Poly University), Brooklyn, 1973—1994, chancellor, 1994—2003, president emeritus, University professor, 2003—2011. Board hydraulic consultant United States Waterways Experimental Station, 1968—1974.
Member science advisory panel Armed Forces Explosive Safety Board, 1968—1969. Member biomed training engineering committee National Institutes of Health, 1966—1970. Member commission education National Academy Engineering, 1970—1973, chairman committee educational system, 1970—1973, member technical education standards committee.
Chairman board science and technical for international development National Academy of Sciences, 1979—1983. Science policy reviewer Portugal Organization of European Cooperation and Development, 1982—1983, others. United States representative steering committee on science for stability program North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1984—1997, member steering committee on science for peace, 1997—2000.
Chair engineering advanced.com. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Member University Chicago review committee for the decision and information science division Argonne National Laboratory.
Trustee William R. Kenan Junior Institute Engineering Technology and Science, Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. Member Foundation Future Board Advisors. Board directors Lord Corporation, Comtech.
Corporation, Keyspan Energy, Symbol Technologies, Inc., Jura Corporation.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Analytic Services, 1974-2000, Teagle Foundation, Greenwall Foundation, 1984-2000, Lord Foundation North Carolina, Commission Indiana Colleges and Universities, 1993-1996. Board visitors Duke University School Engineering, 1975-2000. Member New York Partnership, since 1980, High Technology Task Force, 1985-1990, chairman, 1988-1990, Mayor's Commission Science and Technology, 1984-1990, chairman, 1987-1990.
Executive committee Board Trustees Commission Indiana Colleges and Universities, New York, 1986-1989. Alumni representative Massachusetts Institute of Technology visiting committee for Civil Engineering, 1985-1991. Chair, New York City Mayor's Task Force on Gramercy Park Steam Pipe Explosion, 1989-1990, New York City Mayor's Advisory Council on Development of Recycling Markets and Businesses.
Active National Medal Technology Nomination Evaluation Committee, 1987-1992, chairman 1991-1992. Chair National Academies Megacities Project Habitat II Conference. Member National Academy of Sciences Committee Human Rights.
Member United States National Acads.-Russian Academy of Sciences Committee on Terrorism Confronting the United States and Russia. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (chair committee science, engineering public policy, 1986-1989, chair panel on physical science and engineering 1987-1989, project 2061 1985-1989), American Society Engineering Education, American Society of Civil Engineers (chairman executive committee engineering mechanics division 1971-1972, chairman interdivisional task committee civil engineering in medicine and health care delivery 1969-1973, Huber research prize 1967), American Institute Medical and Biological Engineering (founding fellow), biomedical Engineering Society. Member National Academy of Engineering (council 1989-1993, advisory committee technical and the environmental 1989-1992, international affairs advisory committee 1988-1992, foreign secretary since 2003), International Association Hydraulic Research (chairman task committee computer languages 1969-1972), New York Academy Medicine, National Association for Science, Technology and Society (trustee since 1988, president 1989-1990, honorary lifetime member), National Research Council (board engineering education 1991-1996, chair board on infrastructure and constructed environmental 1994-1997, chair committee on alternate technologies to replace anti-personnel landmines 1999-2000, vice chair committee on army science and technical for homeland defense since 2002, others), New York Academy of Sciences (pres'. council since 1990, member committee human rights since 1996), Italian Society Advancement of Science (honorary member), Sigma Xi (distinguished lecturer since 1996, past president, board directors, chair ethics committee), Marco Polo Society (president United States branch), Italian National Academy of Sciences, Marconi Society (board director, Beacon of Light award 2009), National Academy Engineering (foreign secretary since 2003).
Connections
Married Virginia Upton Harding, 1960. Children: Federico David, Nicholas Luigi.
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Recipient Alza prize biomedical Engineering Society. North Atlantic Treaty Organization senior fellow Technology University Berlin, 1968. New York Mayor's award Excellence Science and Technology, 1994, New York Academy of Sciences.Recipient Alza prize biomedical Engineering Society. North Atlantic Treaty Organization senior fellow Technology University Berlin, 1968. New York Mayor's award Excellence Science and Technology, 1994, New York Academy of Sciences.