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About the Presidents Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology
President Clinton established the President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) by Executive Order 12882 in November 1993. The responsibilities of PCAST are “to advise the President on issues involving science and technology and their roles in achieving national goals, and to assist the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) in securing private sector participation in its activities.” NSTC is a cabinet-level council chaired by the President that coordinates research and development policies and activities across Federal agencies. The formal link between PCAST and NSTC ensures that the private sector perspective is included in the policy-making process.
Members
Neal F. Lane, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology,
and Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy (Co-chair)
John A. Young, Former President and CEO, Hewlett-Packard Co.(Co-chair)
Norman R. Augustine, Former Chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin
Corporation
Francisco J. Ayala, Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences,
Professor of Philosophy, University of California-Irvine
John M. Deutch, Institute Professor, Department of Chemistry,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Murray Gell-Mann, Professor, Santa Fe Institute;
R.A. Millikan Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Physics, California
Institute of Technology
David A. Hamburg, President Emeritus, Carnegie Foundation of New
York
John P. Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental
Policy, John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University
Diana MacArthur, Chair and CEO, Dynamac Corporation
Shirley M. Malcom, Head, Directorate for Education and Human Resources
Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Mario J. Molina, Institute Professor, Department of Earth, Atmospheric
and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peter H. Raven, Director, Missouri Botanical Garden; Engelmann
Professor of Botany, Washington University
in St. Louis
Sally K. Ride, Professor of Physics, University of California-
San Diego
Judith Rodin, President, University of Pennsylvania
Charles A. Sanders, Former Chairman, Glaxo-Wellcome Inc.
David E. Shaw, Chairman, D.E. Shaw and Co. and Juno Online Services
Charles M. Vest, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Virginia V. Weldon, Center for the Study of American Business,
Washington University in St. Louis
Lilian Shiao-Yen Wu, Research Scientist and Consultant, Corporate Technical Strategy Development, IBM
For More Information
President’s Committee of Advisors on
Science and Technology
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20502
202.456.6100
information@ostp.eop.gov
http://library.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OSTP/NSTC/
PCAST/pcast.html
