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Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members." National Research Council. 1990. Competitiveness of the U.S. Minerals and Metals Industry. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1545.
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Appendix Biographical Sketches of Committee Members ALVIN W. TRIVELPIECE is a Vice President of Martin Marietta Systems, Inc., and the Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He received his B.S. from California Polytechnic State College and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from California Institute of Technology. During his professional career, Dr. Trivelpiece has been a faculty member at the Uni- versity of California, Berkeley; Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland, College Park; Vice President of Engineering and Research at Maxwell Laboratories; Corporate Vice President at Scientific Applications, Inc.; Director of the Office of Energy Research, U.S. Department of Energy; and Executive Officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. ROBERT R. BEEBE is senior Vice President of Homestake Mining Com- pany. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from the Montana School of Mines. Before Homestake, Mr. Beebe was Vice Presi- dent of Newmont Mining, Vice President of Marcona Corporation, and CEO of Carpco, Inc. Mr. Beebe is a past President of the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America and is a member of the National Academy of Engineer- ~ng. GEORGE S. ANSELL is President of the Colorado School of Mines. He received his B.Met.E., M.Met.E., and Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prior to accepting the presidency of Colorado School of Mines, Dr. Ansell was Robert W. Hunt Professor of 131

132 APPENDIX Metallurgical Engineering, Chairman of the Materials Division, and Dean of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. NATHANIEL ARBITER is President of Arbiter Associates, Inc., Consult- ants, and Adjunct Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Utah. He was previously Director of Research and Chief Metallurgist with Anaconda (1968-1977), Professor of Mineral Engineering (now Emeritus) at Columbia's Krumb School of Mines (1951-1968), and Research Metallurgist for Phelps Dodge (1944-1951) and Battelle Institute (1943-1944~. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, Honorary Member of American In- stitute of Metallurgical, Mining and Petroleum Engineers, and a Distin- guished Member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and has received numerous awards and honors from the latter two organizations. PATRICK R. ATKINS is Director of Environmental Control and Engineer- ing at ALCOA. He received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the Univer- sity of Kentucky, and his M.S. in Sanitary Engineering and Ph.D. in Envi- ronmental Engineering from Stanford University. Prior to joining ALCOA, Dr. Atkins was on the faculty of the Environmental Health Engineering Department at the University of Texas, Austin. R. STEPHEN BERRY is James Franck Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. He received his A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. in Chem- istry from Harvard University. Previously, Dr. Berry was a member of the faculties of Harvard University, University of Michigan, and Yale Univer- sity. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a MacArthur Fellow. PETER CANNON is President of Conductus. He received his B.Sc. in Mathematics and Chemistry and Ph.D. in Physical Sciences from the Uni- versity of London. Previous to his position at Conductus, Dr. Cannon was Vice-President for Research and Chief Scientist at Rockwell International Corporation. JAMES ECONOMY is Head of the Materials Science and Engineering De- partment at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his B.S. from Wayne State University and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Maryland. Previous to his current position, Dr. Economy was Manager of Polymer Science and Technology at IBM. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. JAMES A. FORD recently retired as Vice President at SELEE to become an independent consultant. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Metallur- gical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Dr. Ford was Associate Director of the Metals Research Laboratories at Olin Corporation, Vice President of Research and Development at Conalco, Manager of Research

APPENDIX 133 and Development of the Composite Can Division of Boise Cascade Corpo- ration, Director of Technology for the Engineered Products Group of Cabot Corporation, and Director of Technology for Aerojet Ordnance of Tennes- see. NORMAN A. GJOSTEIN is Director of the Powertrain and Materials Re- search Laboratory at the Ford Motor Company. He received his B.S. and M.S. from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. BRUCE A. KENNEDY is Managing Director of P. T. Perlsart Management Services in Jakarta, Indonesia. He received his B.Sc. and A.R.S.M. in Mining Engineering from Imperial College, University of London. Previ- ous to Perlsart, Mr. Kennedy was Vice President of Golder Associates and President of ASAMERA Minerals Inc. of Canada. WILLIAM W. LEWIS is a partner in the management consulting firm of McKinsey and Company. He received his B.S. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford Univer- sity from which he received a D.Phil. in Theoretical Physics in 1966. His previous experience includes positions as Associate Provost for Resource Planning at Princeton University; Director of the Office of Analytical Stud- ies, University of California, Berkeley; Senior Operations Officer, World Bank; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Program Analysis and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Defense; and Assistant Secretary for Policy and Evalu- ation, U.S. Department of Energy. JAMES S. MOOSE is a Senior Industrial Specialist with the World Bank. He received an A.B. and Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and an M.A. from Oxford University. Previous to the World Bank, Dr. Moose was Vice President of Loomis Sayles, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, and Manager of Strategic Planning at Standard Oil of Ohio. HAROLD W. PAXTON is the U.S. Steel Professor of Carnegie Mellon Uni- versity. He received a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. from the University of Manches- ter and a Ph.D. in Metallurgy from the University of Birmingham. Previously, Dr. Paxton was Vice President of Corporate Research and Technology As- sessment at U.S. Steel. He is a member of the National Academy of Engi- neering. lOHN E. TILTON is Coulter Professor and Head of the Department of Min- eral Economics, Colorado School of Mines. He received his B.A. from Princeton University and M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale Univer- sity. Previously, Dr. Tilton was a member of the faculty at the University

34 APPENDIX of Maryland, a Research Associate in the Economic Studies Division of the Brookings Institution, a Staff Analyst in the Manpower Planning and Re- search Division of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and a Professor of Mineral Economics at Pennsylvania State University. ALAN D. ZUNKEL is President of A. D. Zunkel Consultants, Inc. He re- ceived a B.S. from the Missouri School of Mines and an M.S. and D.Sc. in Metallurgical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. Previously, he was General Superintendent of St. Joe Minerals Company, Manager of Minerals Processing at Exxon Minerals Company, consulting metallurgical engineer for Jan H. Reimer and Associates USA, and Manager of Minerals Business Development for Nerco Minerals Company.

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This book includes an assessment of the global minerals and metals industry; a review of technologies in use for exploration, mining, minerals processing, and metals extraction; and a look at research priorities. The core of the volume is a series of specific recommendations for government, industry, and the academic community, to promote partnerships that will produce a strong flow of new technologies. Special focus is given to the role of the federal government, particularly the Bureau of Mines.

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