Mary Lowe Good with the Othmer Gold Medal, 1998
(Biotechnology and materials science---two different field...)
Biotechnology and materials science---two different fields unified through the science of chemistry. Now get a better understanding of these two disciplines and their tremendous impact on technology. Written in nontechnical language, this new book presents discussions of exciting advances by outstanding researchers in these pivotal fields. See how chemists through their ability to manipulate chemical structures, will significantly influence our national economic vitality. Learn the history behind present-day biotechnology and see where advances are predicted. Look at the progress being made in new recombinant DNA technology and materials produced in high technology. With color illustrations.
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1988
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Good, Mary Lowe was born on June 20, 1931, in Grapevine, Texas, United States. She is a daughter of John W. and Winnie (Mercer) Lowe. Her father was a principal in a local school, and her mother was a teacher and librarian. The family moved to Kirby, Arkansas in 1942, and then moved to Willisville, Arkansas, where Mary continued her education.
Lowe initially attended Arkansas State Teacher's College (now the University of Central Arkansas) with the intention of being a home economics teacher. She became interested in chemistry as a freshman and changed her major to chemistry and physics, receiving her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Central Arkansas in 1950.
Mary Lowe Good received her Master of Science degree in 1953 and her Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1955 from the University of Arkansas.
Mary also received a great number of honorary degrees including her Doctor of Laws degree from University Arkansas in 1979, Doctor of Science (honorary) degree from State University of New York in Binghamton in 1994, Doctor of Science (honorary) degree from University Michigan in 1998 and many others.
Dr. Good started her career in teaching and research at Louisiana State University and the University of New Orleans, which was at the time part of the Louisiana State University System. Good went to Baton Rouge as director of the radiochemistry laboratory and as an instructor and assistant professor of chemistry (1954-1958).
In 1958 Good and her husband moved to New Orleans when both were offered positions at a new campus that was being established.
Good moved up the academic ranks to become the Boyd Professor of Chemistry at New Orleans (1974-1978).
From 1978-1980, she returned to Baton Rouge to develop a new program as the Boyd Professor of Materials Science, Division of Engineering Research.
In 1980, Mary Lowe Good was approached to become head of the Engineered Materials Research division at Signal Research Center, Inc. In 1981 Mary Good was chosen as Vice-President and Director of Research. She became President and director of research for Signal Research Center in 1985, and President of Allied-Signal Engineered Materials Research in 1986 and then the Senior Vice-President of Technology, coordinating the activities of three research centers.
In 1980 she was appointed to the National Science Board of the National Science Foundation by Jimmy Carter. In 1986 she was appointed to it again by Ronald Reagan.
In 1991 President Bush appointed her to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
In 1993 Dr. Good left Allied Signal to take a four-year full-time position as the Under Secretary for Technology for the Technology Administration in the Department of Commerce, under the Clinton Administration.
Arkansas-Little Rock and Special Advisor to the Chancellor for Economic Development.
From 1988 to 1993 Mary L. Good was also a president of Zonta International Foundation, an organization supporting the involvement of women in business and science, and the improvement internationally of their legal, political, economic, educational and health status.
Dr Good was appointed Acting United States Secretary of Commerce on April 3, 1996, following the death of Ronald H. Brown, until Mickey Kantor was appointed 9 days later by Bill Clinton.
In 1997 Dr. Good became the Donaghey University Professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She also became the founding Dean of the George W. Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology.
Since 2005 till 2011, she was a managing member at Venture Capital Investors Limited Liability Company.
She retired July 1, 2011, becoming Dean Emeritus of the College of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of
Dr. Good has contributed to the understanding of catalysts such as ruthenium which activate or speed up chemical reactions. She has held high-level positions in the academic, industrial, and government sectors, where she has been a strong proponent of science, science education, and women in science. She also has done work in materials science on the physical and biological investigations of marine antifouling coatings, used to remove barnacles from ships. Her publications include more than 100 articles in refereed journals and several books.
Good was the first woman to be elected to the board of the American Chemical Society in 1972. She was elected ACS Board Chairman in 1978 and 1980, and became ACS President elect as of 1986, serving as president in 1987.
Mary Lowe Good has held government positions under the administrations of four presidents: Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton.
Dr. Good was the founding Chairman of ASTRA, the Alliance for Science & Technology Research in America, beginning in 2000. She is a strong proponent of STEM education and a supporter of women in technology, and is recognized as a national leader in this area.
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Good married Billy Jewel Good on May 17 in 1952 (deceased in 2005). The couple have 2 children: Billy and James.
