Catalysis Looks to the Future (1992)
Chapter: FRONT MATTER
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PANEL ON NEW DIRECTIONS IN CATALYTIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Alexis T. Bell,
University of California, Berkeley,
Chair
Michel Boudart,
Stanford University
Burt D. Ensley,
Envirogen
David Estell,
Genencor
Robert H. Grubbs,
California Institute of Technology
L. Louis Hegedus,
W. R. Grace & Co.
Leo E. Manzer,
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc.
Jule A. Rabo,
UOP Tarrytown Technical Center
Julius Rebek, Jr.,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James F. Roth,
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Gabor A. Somorjai,
University of California, Berkeley
Vern W. Weekman,
Mobil Research & Development Company
William Spindel, Study Director
BOARD ON CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
L. E. Scriven,
University of Minnesota,
Co-Chairman
Peter B. Dervan,
California Institute of Technology,
Co-Chairman
Paul S. Anderson,
Merck Sharp & Dohme
Alfred Bader,
Aldrich Chemical Corporation
Alexis T. Bell,
University of California, Berkeley
Michael P. Doyle,
Trinity University
Bruce A. Finlayson,
University of Washington
Jeanette G. Grasselli,
Ohio University
L. Louis Hegedus,
W. R. Grace & Company
Richard H. Holm,
Harvard University
Kendall Houk,
University of California, Los Angeles
Lester C. Krogh,
3M
W. Carl Lineberger,
University of Colorado
James W. Mitchell,
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Jeanne E. Pemberton,
University of Arizona
Edwin P. Przyblylowicz,
Eastman Kodak Company
Julius Rebek, Jr.,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stuart A. Rice,
University of Chicago
Dotsevi Y. Sogah,
Cornell University
Daniel I-Chyau Wang,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Douglas J. Raber, Staff Director
Peggy J. Posey, Staff Officer
William Spindel, Consultant
Sybil A. Paige, Administrative Assistant
Maria P. Jones, Administrative Secretary
COMMISSION ON PHYSICAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS, AND APPLICATIONS
Norman Hackerman,
Robert A. Welch Foundation,
Chair
Peter J. Bickel,
University of California, Berkeley
George F. Carrier,
Harvard University
Dean E. Eastman,
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
Marye Anne Fox,
University of Texas, Austin
Phillip A. Griffiths,
Institute for Advanced Study
Neal F. Lane,
Rice University
Robert W. Lucky,
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Claire E. Max,
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Christopher F. McKee,
University of California, Berkeley
James W. Mitchell,
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Richard S. Nicholson,
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Alan Schriesheim,
Argonne National Laboratory
Kenneth G. Wilson,
Ohio State University
Norman Metzger, Executive Director
