ing and has served as president of the Alaska Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Mr. Allan’s recent awards include the 1996 Teacher of the Year at Colony High School, 1994 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching, and 1999 Distinguished Physics Teacher from Alaska by the American Physical Society.

WILLIAM ANDERS, retired chairman of General Dynamics, was a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and engineer until being selected as a NASA astronaut. In 1968, he flew with Frank Borman and James Lovell aboard the Apollo 8 lunar mission, the first spacecraft to leave the Earth and orbit the moon. From 1969 to 1973 he was the executive secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council, and from 1973 to 1975 he was chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. From 1976 to 1977 he was U.S. Ambassador to Norway. Mr. Anders is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a trustee of the Battelle Memorial Institute, and a member of the board of the Center for Occupational Research and Development, an organization that develops comprehensive tech-prep programs designed to enable students to make a successful transition from school to work.

TAFT H. BROOME, JR. is professor of civil engineering at Howard University. During his 29-year career at Howard, Dr. Broome has been department chair and chair of the University Senate. In 1985, he received his M.S. in science, technology, and society from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Broome has served in leadership positions of major national organizations, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Engineering Education, and the National Association for Science, Technology, and Society. Among his many publications is “Race and the Information Super Highway: Implications for a Participatory Democracy,” a chapter in The Information Society and the Black Community (Greenwood, forthcoming). He is a member of the board of directors of Women in Engineering Program Advocates Network and of the National Academy of Engineering’s Committee on Engineering Education.

JONATHAN R. COLE is provost and dean of faculties at Columbia University, as well as the John Mitchell Mason Professor at the university. Dr. Cole has spent much of his academic career studying the social aspects of science and technology and developing the sociology of science. He has