Science and Society Lecture – Science Policy: Why Should You Care?
Mary Good
Thursday, 04 Mar 2004 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
What scientists and engineers do, affects you. Mary Good is past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, following Dr. Stephen Jay Gould. During the terms of Presidents Carter and Reagan Dr. Good served on the National Science Board and chaired it from 1988-1991. She was the Undersecretary for Technology in the U.S. Department of Commerce and Technology during President Clinton's first term. She spent 25 years teaching and researching at Louisiana State University and the University of New Orleans, before becoming a guiding force in research and development for Allied Signal. She is currently the dean of the CyberCollege at University of Arkansas in Little Rock, and serves as the managing partner of Venture Capital Investors, LLC in Little Rock.
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