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Appendix C. Biographical Sketches
Pages 43-48

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... Previously, he was an officer of TRW Inc., serving in various capacities in the company's Automotive Worldwide Sector: Group Vice President for Sales, Marketing, Strategic Planning, and Business Development Activities; Group Vice President and General Manager, Transportation Electronics Group; and Vice President of Engineering. Prior to joining TRW, he was employed by General Motors in many aerospace and automotive executive positions, including Director of General Motors Proving Grounds; Director of the Delco Electronics Division, Automotive Electronic and Safety Systems; and Director of General Motors' Advanced Product Engineering Group.
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... Previously, he was General Manager of Scientific Affairs, Chrysler Corporation, and Director of Automotive Research and Technical Systems. He spearheaded the development of the first cooperative research program within the U.S.-based automotive industry, which led to a precompetitive research joint venture on polymer based structural composites.
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... Hirsch was Vice President and Manager, Research and Technical Services Department, ARCO Oil and Gas Company; Chief Executive Officer of ARCO Power Technologies; Manager, Exxon Baytown Research and Development Division; and General Manager, Exploratory Research, Exxon Research and Engineering Company. Earlier, he served as Assistant Administrator for Solar, Geothermal, and Advanced Energy Systems and Director, Division of Magnetic Fusion Energy Research, U.S.
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... She has been with the Studies and Information Services Division of TRB for eight years and has managed several policy studies, ranging from an evaluation of size regulations for heavy trucks on highway safety, industry productivity, traffic operations, and road wear to a strategic study of highway safety research priorities and programs to a study of data requirements to support transportation policy.
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... He has been with the NRC since 1987 and assumed his current duties in 1990. From 1981 to 1985, he was on the corporate staff of TRW, initially as the Director for Planning and Analysis in the Science and Technology Department and later as the Vice President for Information Resources.
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