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B: Biographies of Contributors
Pages 401-418

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From page 401...
... and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (19891. He has also served as Campbell Memorial Lecturer (ASMI, 1987)
From page 402...
... Trademark Association, the Licensing Executives Society, and the American Group of the Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propridte Industrielle (AlPPl)
From page 403...
... In 1980 he joined the IBM Corporate Technical Committee headed by the IBM Chief Scientist. In 1981 he was made manager of materials and technology development at the IBM East Fishkill development laboratory, working on advanced bipolar technology and associated packaging.
From page 404...
... He organized a May 1992 meeting on Pacific Basin technology issues in the post-Uruguay Round world, in cooperation with the University of Hong Kong Law School. He is coauthor of a leading international business law casebook, The Regulation of International Business, and has published and spoken widely on biotechnology, genetic resources, and international technology transfer issues.
From page 405...
... He has received numerous awards including the Engineering Citation Award, University of California, Los Angeles; Distinguished Civilian Service Medal, U.S. Department of Defense; Outstanding Achievement Award, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; and the Outstanding Achievement Award, Colorado Engineering Council.
From page 406...
... Professor David, whose research and teaching have covered a wide range of subjects, is known internationally for his contributions to the development of the "new economic history," using the theoretical and statistical tools of modern economics to reconstruct and analyze economic life in the past, and studying its connections with the present. A recent paper on this theme is "So, How Would It Matter if 'History Mattered'?
From page 407...
... Rosenberg, eds., National Technical Systems Supporting Industry (Oxford University Press, 1992~; "Specialization, Technical Change and Competitiveness in the Brazilian Electronics Industry," OECD Development Centre Technical Papers no. 27 (October 19901; "The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights and Industrial Development in Brazil," in F
From page 408...
... and was leader of the laboratory doing the initial feasibility demonstrations of monochrome and color cameras, and line scanners using CCDS. He was the leader of the group that made the first visible helium neon lasers, the first continuous argon laser, the first acousto-optic light modulators and deflectors, and the first electron beam lithography machine for mask making, and that developed reliable laser diodes for submarine cable light wave systems.
From page 409...
... He has also contributed to numerous collections on intellectual property protection, including Global Competition: The Role of Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights and Capital Formation in the Next Decade.
From page 410...
... and is a leading expert, author, and commentator on the state and future of data communications technology. He was formerly the Executive Director of the Communications Sciences Research Division at AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he led AT&T'S research into methods and technologies on future communications systems, including optical fiber technology, data networks, mobile communications, image processing, and broadband communications services.
From page 411...
... McKinney III George W McKinney III is currently a Managing Director of Beacon Venture Management Corporation, a specialized firm focused on technology commercialization in new companies.
From page 412...
... Antonio Medina Mora Icaza Antonio Medina Mora Icaza has worked as a programming analyst and researcher at numerous computing institutions. At present, he is the President of Company Grupo Telos, S.A.
From page 413...
... Trade Representative during 1988 as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow. He has served on a number of NRC panels, including those on the Competitive Status of the U.S.
From page 414...
... He was a Research Fellow at Oxford, and later a lecturer in Economics at the University of Sussex and a Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta. He has recently completed one year and a half as the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India, and Secretary, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi.
From page 415...
... Congress on U.S.-Latin American economic relations and his "op-ed" essays have appeared in Folha de Sao Paulo, O Globo, and O Estado de Sao Paulo among other newspapers. His main research interests encompass international economics (multilateral institutions, U.S.-Latin American economic relations, foreign debt, trade, and development)
From page 416...
... Sherwood, an international business counselor based in Wash ngton, has practiced law on Wall Street and as an international corporate attorney. He leads a multi-industry group of companies dedicated to better understanding of intellectual property protection in Brazil.
From page 417...
... He has conferred with World Bank officials regarding his research results over the last three years. He has published and lectured on Latin American debt, technology transfer, and intellectual property protection, and has taught at the graduate level.
From page 418...
... He is a Japanese member of the High Level Advisory Panel based on the U.S.-Japan agreement on cooperation in research and development in science and technology, and he serves on various government councils, including the Higher Education Council of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. He is a member of the Engineering Academy of Japan, a foreign associate of National Academy of Engineering in the United States, and a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science.


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