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APPENDIX CBiographical Infonnation on Committee Members THOMAS D. BARROW, the former chairman of Kennecott Copper Company, was elected vice chairman of the Standard Oil Company Ohio, now B.P. America in 1981. He managed Sohio's oil and natural gas explo- ration and production activities plus the worldwide minerals business of Kennecott Corporation until his retirement in 1985. His career as a geolo- gist began in 1951 at Humble Oil and Refining Company (Exxon) where he served in various capacities, including president. He later became senior vice president of Exxon Corporation and member of the board (1972-1978~. His responsibilities covered worldwide exploration and production activi- ties, mining and synthetic fuels, science and technology, and corporate plan- ning. Dr. Barrow is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a trustee of Stanford University and Baylor College of Medicine, and a former trustee of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the American Museum of Natural History. He received his Ph.D. in geology from Stanford University. W. DALE COMPTON is Lillian M. Gilbreth Distinguished Professor of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University. Prior to his appointment at Purdue in 1988, he served as senior fellow at the National Academy of Engineering (1987-1988~. In 1973, after three years service as director of the Ford Motor Company's chemical and physical science division, Dr. Compton was appointed Ford's vice president for research, a position he held until 1987. Before joining Ford, he was professor of physics and direc- tor of the Coordinated Science Lab at the University of Illinois. Dr. Compton has worked as a consultant for both private and federal research 146
COMM17TEE MEMBERS 147 organizations. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Compton received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois. ELMER L. GADEN, JR. has served as Wills Johnson Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia since 1979. Before join- ing the faculty at the University of Virginia, Dr. Gaden was dean of the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Business Administration at the University of Vermont (1975-1979), and a faculty member at Columbia University (1949-1974), where he taught chemical engineering, bioengi- neering, and history. Dr. Gaden was the founding editor of the international research journal Biotechnology and Bioengineering and served as editor for 25 years (1959-1983~. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Gaden received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Columbia University. DONALD L. HAMMOND recently retired as director of Hewlett-Packard Laboratories after 29 years at the company. From 1983 to 1986 he started the HP European Research Center in Bristol, England, focused on computer science and data communication. As one of the founders of HP Laboratories in 1966, he directed the Physical Electronics Laboratory and the Physics Research Center. He managed production and development of quartz crystal devices at Hewlett-Packard and scientific electronic products. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. His background is in physics with B.S. and M.S. degrees from Colorado State University. He has received honorary doctorates from the University of Bristol and Colorado State University. WILLIAM G. HOWARD, JR. is a senior fellow at the National Academy of Engineering, currently on leave from Motorola, Inc. where he served most recently as senior vice president and director of research and develop- ment. His focus at the Academy is in the area of technology commercializa- tion in private industry. He has served on numerous government aIld private advisory panels and has served as chairman of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Semiconductor Technology Advisory Committee and currently chairs a working group of the Department of Defense's advisory group on electron devices. Before joining Motorola in 1969, Dr. Howard was an assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his doctorate. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and has held a variety of positions in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
148 NATIONAL INTERESTS IN AN AGE OF GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY TREVOR O. JONES is chairman of the board of Libbey-Owens-Ford Company and also president of the International Development Corporation (IDC) of Cleveland, Ohio. A native of Maidstone, England, Mr. Jones start- ed his U.S. engineering career with General Motors in 1959, where he spent 19 years working in aerospace activities and in 1970 was charged with bringing aerospace technology to automotive safety and electronic systems. He became director of GM's newly organized Automotive Electronic Control Systems group in 1970, was appointed director of Advance Product Engineering in 1972, and became director of GM's Proving Grounds in 1974. Mr. Jones was employed by TRW in a number of executive positions, including vice president of engineering TRW Automotive Worldwide, group vice president and general manager of TRW's Transportation Electrical and Electronics Group, and group vice president, Stategic Planning, Business Development, and Marketing for the Automotive Sector. He is a fellow of the British Institute of Electrical Engineers, the American Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He has received many awards for his work in automobile electronics and safety and has been cited many times for his leadership in the application of electronics to the automobile. Mr. Jones completed his formal engineering education in the United Kingdom at Aston Technical College and Liverpool Technical College. THOMAS H. LEE is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and president of the Center for Quality Management. In 1948 he began work with General Electric where, over the course of 32 years, he held numerous posts from senior research engineer (1955-1959) to staff executive and chief technologist (1978-1980~. In 1980 he left General Electric to become director of the Electric Power Systems Engineering Laboratory and Philip Sporn Professor of Energy Processing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1984 he became director of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria, for a three-year term. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Lee received his doctorate in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. MILTON LEVENSON, recently retired, was executive engineer and spe- cial assistant to the president at Bechtel Power Corporation since 1981. In 1943 he began work as junior engineer and has -since worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the U.S. Army Manhattan Engineering District, and held progressively advanced positions at Argonne National Laboratory, end- ing as associate laboratory director of energy and environment. From 1973 to 1981, he was the director of the nuclear division at the Electric Power
COMMITTEE MEMBERS 149 Research Institute. He is past president of the American Nuclear Society, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and has served on U.S. technical delegations to four Geneva conferences on peaceful use of atomic energy. Mr. Levenson received his bachelor's degree in chemical engineer- ing from the University of Minneapolis and an MBA from the University of Chicago. PETER W. LIKINS is president of Lehigh University. Dr. Likins received his Ph.D. in engineering mechanics and his bachelor's degree in civil engi- neering from Stanford University, with an intervening master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and experience as a development engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology. He served on the engineering faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles, from 1964 to 1976, when he became professor and dean at Columbia University. From 1980 to 1982 he was provost at Columbia; then he moved to his present position. He holds honorary degrees from Lafayette and Moravian Colleges and the Medical College of Pennsylvania. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a member of the U.S. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. EDWARD A. MASON, an independent consultant, was vice president of research at Amoco Corporation from 1977 until his recent retirement in 1989. He started his engineering career as assistant professor of chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, became professor of nuclear engineering and head of the department of nuclear engineering in 1971. From 1953 to 1957 he was director of research at tonics, Incorporated. During subsequent periodic leaves of absence from MIT, he worked at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a senior design engineer, the National Science Foundation's Euratom Research Center, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission as commissioner from 1975 to 1977. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and of numerous profes- sional societies, including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Chemical Society, the American Insitute of Chemical Engineers, and the Industrial Research Institute. He received his Sc.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. BRIAN H. ROWE has served as senior vice president, GE Aircraft Engines, with General Electric Company since 1979. He started his career with GE in 1957, after having worked at the deHavilland Engine Company in England. He has worked in design engineering, marketing, engineering
150 NATIONAL INTERESTS IN AN AGE OF GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY production, and has held senior management positions in commercial airline and aircraft engine engineering divisions. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society of England. He holds seven patents. Mr. Rowe received his degree in mechanical engi- neering from Kings College, Durham University in England. WILLIAM J. SPENCER became president and chief executive officer of Sematech in November 199O5 having served as group vice president for cor- porate research at Xerox Corporation since 1986. Before he joined Xerox in 1981, Dr. Spencer held senior management positions in R&D at AT&T. His interests include the management of technology, innovation, global indus- tries, and engineering education. A member of the National Academy of Engineering, he has served on engineering advisory panels at Columbia University, the University of California at Berkeley, Stanford University, the University of Illinois, and Princeton University. Dr. Spencer received his Ph.D. in physics from Kansas State University. WILLIS S. WHITE, JR. has been with the American Electric Power System since graduation from college in 1948. In 1976 he became chair- man of the board of American Electric Power Company and its chief execu- tive officer. He is also chairman and chief executive officer of each of AEP's operating companies and subsidiaries, and is president of Ohio Valley Electric Corporation, serving the U.S. Department of Energy. Mr. White is chairman of the Ohio Center's board of trustees, trustee at Battelle Memorial Institute, and director for the Bank of New York. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Mr. White is an electrical engi- neering graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and holder of a master's degree in industrial management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
