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COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE EDUCATION
*C.Bradley Moore (Committee Chair), Professor of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Isaac D.Abella, Professor of Physics,
University of Chicago, IL
George Boggs, President,
Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
Denice D.Denton, Dean of Engineering,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
*Marye Anne Fox, Vice President for Research,
University of Texas, Austin, TX
Dorothy L.Gabel, Professor of Education,
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Frederick T.Graybeal, Chief Geologist,
ASARCO, Inc., New York, NY
*Norman Hackerman, Chair,
Science Advisory Board, The Robert A.Welch Foundation, Houston, TX
Paul J.Kuerbis, Professor of Education,
The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Dorothy J.Merritts, Associate Professor of Geology,
Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
*John A.Moore, Professor Emeritus of Biology,
University of California, Riverside, CA
Penny P.Moore, Teacher,
Piedmont High School, Piedmont, CA
James W.Serum, Manager,
Distributed Measurement Products, Hewlett-Packard Co., Wilmington, DE
*David T.Wilkinson, Professor of Physics,
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS
Ronald D.Anderson, Professor of Education,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Carole P.Mitchener, Professor of Education,
DePaul University, Chicago, IL
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STAFF
Nancy L.Devino, Study Director
Gail E.Pritchard, Research Assistant
Catherine Y.Bell, Project Assistant