Federal Support for University Research: Forty Years After the National Defense Education Act (Conference: October 1, 1998)

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UC Berkeley
Alumni House
October 1, 1998
9:30 AM - 3:30 PM

I. Morning Session:
9:30AM - 12:00 PM

"The National Defense Education Act, NASA and the Modern Era of Federal Support for Research Universities: 1958 - 1998"

Welcome: Chancellor Berdahl
Moderator and Commentator: Judson King (UC Provost and Senior Vice President)

Featured Speakers:

A. Hunter Dupree (Brown University, historian of science and techonology),
Roger Geiger (Penn State, author Research and Relevant Knowledge: American Research Universities Since World War II)

Panel Discussion: "The Impact on the Academy"

Marian C. Diamond (Integrative Biology, former Director Lawrence Hall of Science)
Karl Pister (Engineering, Chancellor Emeritus UC Santa Cruz)
Robert M. Rosenzweig (Political Science, U.S. Office of Education 1958-62, former President Association of American Universities)
Charles Townes (Physics, Nobel Laureate)

12:00 to 1:30 PM: Lunch (for participants and conference attendees)

II. Afternoon Session: 1:30 - 3:00 PM

"America's R&D Investment Portfolio and the Role of the Research University: 1998 - 2008"

Moderator and Commentator: Daniel Koshland (Molecular and Cell Biology, former editor Science)

Featured Speaker:
Jack Gibbons (former Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology, and Science Adviser to President Clinton)

Panel:
MRC Greenwood (President, American Association for the Advancement of the Sciences, Chancellor UC Santa Cruz),
Edward Penhoet (former President of Chiron, Dean School of Public Health - UC Berkeley),
Eugene Skolnikoff (MIT, author The Elusive Transformation: Science, Technology and the Evolution of International Politics)