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William J. Perry Ashton B. Carter John M. Deutch Robert Hermann Paul G. Kaminski John P. Stenbit John P. White George M. Whitesides Herbert S. Winokur	George M. Whitesides George M. Whitesides is the Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor at Harvard University. He has been a member of the faculty since 1982 and was Chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 1986-1989. He was a member of the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1963-1982. In addition to his academic positions, Dr. Whitesides currently serves as Chairman of the National Research Council's Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP) and is a member of Defense Science Research Council for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He has also served on numerous committees for the National Science Foundation, including roles as chairman for the Chemistry Advisory Committee (1986) and the Materials Research Advisory Committee (1993). Currently, Dr. Whitesides is on the Board of Directors of two public companies (Theravance Inc. and Rohm and Haas) and four private companies (Nano-Terra Inc., WMR inc., Surface Logix Inc, and HRL). Previously he has served on the Board of Directors for Geltex, Dexter Corporation, Life Technologies Inc. and Advanced Magnetics Inc. Dr. Whitesides is also a consultant in research and research management for the chemical, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing industries. Present active positions in consulting and on Science/Technology Advisory Boards include Cummins Engine and Firmenich SA. Past consulting arrangements have involved Alcoa, Dow, du Pont, General Motors, Hoffmann-LaRoche, Novartis, and United Technologies Corporation. Dr. Whitesides holds an A.B. in Chemistry from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology. He has received among other awards the National Medal of Science (1998), the Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology (2003), the Welch Award (2005), and the Priestley Medal (2007). An author of more than 980 published science papers, Whitesides is also co-author, with Felice Frankel, of the book On the Surface of Things: Images of the Extraordinary in Science.