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Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Pages 39-44

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... He is a member of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering. After the Challenger accident, he headed the National Research Council's Solid Rocket Booster Redesign Panel and was awarded the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal.
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From page 40...
... He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Research Council's Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, and Chairman of NASA:s Flight Telerobotics Servicer Advisory Committee. He has served as Chairman of the National Research Council Assembly of Engineering and as Chairman of the President's Commission on the National Medal of Science.
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... He has served on numerous NASA and National Science Foundation advisory committees concerned with space and solar-terrestrial research, chaired NASA's Space and Earth Sciences Advisory Committee, and is currently Chairman of the National Research Council's Space Studies Board. He is a recipient of NASA's Distinguished Public Service Medal.
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... He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Society of Automotive Engineers, and the Human Factors Society. He has chaired NASA subcommittees on Avionics, Control and Guidance and the National Research Council Committee on Space Station Engineering Design Issues.
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... Dr. Merrell is a member of the National Research Council's Space Studies Board and has been a proponent of scientific programs designed to examine the Earth's climate changes.
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... He is a charter member and Past President of the Biomedical Engineering Society and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He has served on numerous national boards and committees, including the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board and the National Research Council Committees on Human Factors, Space Station Engineering Design Issues, and Advanced Space Technology to Meet Future Needs.
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