Mr. Kenneth H. Bacon (elected in 2003) is President and CEO of Refugees International, an advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. From 1994-2001, he was Assistant Secretary, Public Affairs, at the U.S. Department of Defense. Prior to that, he was an editor, columnist, and reporter for The Wall Street Journal, concentrating on defense, banking, economics, and international finance. Mr. Bacon received an M.B.A. and an M.A. in Journalism from Columbia University, and a B.A. in English from Amherst College. From 1968-74 he served in the U.S. Army Reserve. Mr. Bacon is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He serves on the boards of Population Action International and InterAction.

Mr. Paul H. Bartlett (elected in 2001) is a partner at Rho Ventures and a business executive in the technology industry, formerly COO & CFO of Critical Path, Inc. He was previously the CEO at Quintus Corporation until the company was acquired by AVAYA in 2001. He also served as President and Director of Hall Kinion & Associates, a $200 million publicly traded IT services and recruiting company for the Internet. Mr. Bartlett has been a general partner at The Sprout Venture Capital Group where he focused on technology start-ups, buy-outs and divisional spin-offs, and an associate at the investment banking firm of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Mr. Bartlett earned his B.A. in economics from Princeton University in 1982, and his M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1987. His business background includes broad exposure to technology, information systems development and related management issues.

Mr. Richard A. Bartlett (elected in 2003) is managing director of Resources Holdings, Ltd., a merchant banking firm in New York City. Prior to joining that firm in 1984, he served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, and prior to that, as a law clerk on the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. Mr. Bartlett received his J.D. from Yale Law School and his B.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is a council member of the Brookings Institution, and serves on the board of U.S. Airways Group, Inc., and several private companies. 

Dr. Eva Bellin (elected in 2007) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Hunter College at the City University of New York. Her fields of specialization are Comparative Politics, Politics of the Middle East and North Africa, Democratization, Political Economy of Development, and Religion and Politics. Named in April 2006 as a Carnegie Corporation Scholar in Islamic Studies, Dr. Bellin was described by the Corporation as one of the most outstanding scholars in the United States today in the study of the politics of the Middle East. Her current work focuses on the role of the courts in Egypt and Pakistan, among other subjects. Dr. Bellin has taught at Harvard University and the Paul H. Nitze School of International Studies at The Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C. She received her B.A. from Harvard and her Ph.D. from Princeton University.

Mr. James D. Bond (elected in 1998) is the vice president of Collins & Company in Arlington, Virginia, specializing in trade, foreign affairs, and appropriations issues. He joined the firm in 1997 after serving for nearly 26 years on the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, including several years as staff director of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee. In this capacity, he had appropriations and oversight responsibilities for the full range of U.S. economic and military assistance programs. He has also been the minority staff director of five other Appropriations Subcommittees: Agriculture, Interior, Energy and Water, HUD, Space and Science, and the District of Columbia. He has served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, teaching a course on the Congressional budget process. He served in the 101st Airborne Division in the Vietnam War, during which he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Combat Infantryman’s Badge. He serves on the board of Vietnam Assistance for the Handicapped, based in Arlington, Virginia, and the Tewaaraton Award Foundation based in Washington, DC. He holds a B.A. degree from Marquette University.

Dr. Barbara Brown (elected in 1993) is the treasurer of the board. She is assistant professor of anatomy in orthopaedic surgery at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine where she teaches human gross anatomy. She received her B.A. from Connecticut College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Kent State University. She also taught human gross anatomy at The Johns Hopkins University and Ohio University and was a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Anthropology at Yale University. Dr. Brown’s specialty is human origins research. She has been involved in paleontological fieldwork in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Pakistan for over two decades.

Mr. Richard Cashin (elected in 2001) is Managing Partner of One Equity Partners, the private equity investment unit of J. P. Morgan Chase, which manages $4.5 billion of J. P. Morgan’s private equity capital. He has also been president of Citicorp Venture Capital. Mr. Cashin grew up in Africa and Asia, where his parents served in diplomatic posts. He has been especially active in support of disadvantaged students and athletics. He currently serves on the Board of the Boys Club of New York, the Board of the National Rowing Foundation, and the Board of Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Board of the Central Park Conservancy. He has also been on the boards of Phillips Academy and International Preschools. He received both his B.A. in East Asian studies and his M.B.A. from Harvard University. He was a member of the 1976 and 1980 Olympic rowing teams, and was World Champion in 1974.

Mr. Paul I. Corddry (elected in 1991) is vice chairman of the board. He retired as senior vice president for the H.J. Heinz Company, Europe in 1993. He holds a B.A. from Swarthmore College and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. Mr. Corddry is on the board of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Swarthmore College, and the Naples Center for the Performing Arts, and is a director of Albertson’s Inc. He has also been a director of the Western States Arts Foundation, the Boise Public Library Foundation, the College of Idaho, Citizens National Bank, and St. Luke's Regional Medical Center; and has been a member of the advisory council of the Boise State University's School of Business.

Mrs. Mary Cross (elected in 1993) is a photographer and writer. She has authored and/or photographically illustrated numerous books, articles, and papers. Her work has been exhibited in sixteen one-woman photographic shows across the United States in museums and universities. She collaborated with Frances FitzGerald on Vietnam: Spirits of the Earth , published in 2001 by Little Brown/Bulfinch. Her Vietnam photographs were exhibited in 2002 in Washington, D.C. at Meridian House, and in 2001 at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Her photographs of Vietnam were published in the Fall/Winter 1997-98 issue of the Ontario Review. Her book, Egypt , was published in 1991 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, and reissued by the AUC Press in conjunction with AUC's 75th anniversary. American and French editions of her book, Morocco: Sahara to the Sea , were published simultaneously in 1995. Mrs. Cross was educated at both Sweet Briar and the Sorbonne, and received a B.A. from Hollins College. She studied portrait photography under Phillipe Halsman. At Princeton University she serves on the advisory council of the Department of Comparative Literature and on the Council of the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia. She is a trustee of the American School of Tangier. She is a former governor of the Foreign Policy Association of New York, OTR's speaker's series. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Century Association.

Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei (elected in 2007) is director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Austria. He started his career in the Egyptian diplomatic service in 1964, serving in the permanent missions of Egypt to the United Nations in New York and Geneva. Later, ElBaradei served as a special assistant to the Foreign Minister of Egypt where he was a member in many presidential and ministerial bilateral delegations. In 1980, ElBaradei joined the United Nations as a senior fellow of the International Law Program at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. In 1997, he was appointed director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). ElBaradai and the IAEA were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 for their efforts in preventing the use of nuclear energy for military purposes. In 2006, AUC awarded ElBaradei an honorary doctorate; he has also received honorary degrees from New York University, University of Maryland and others.

Mr. C. Stedman Garber, Jr . (elected in 2000) retired in 2003 from his position as president and chief executive officer of GlobalSantaFe Corporation. He joined Santa Fe International Corporation in 1984, and served in various positions in the company, including chief executive officer, president and chief operating officer, and senior vice president for strategic planning. He has also been president of Santa Fe Minerals, Inc., a former subsidiary of the company. Mr. Garber holds a B.S. in engineering from the United States Naval Academy. After five years in the navy, he received an M.B.A. in finance from UCLA. He served in a number of management positions with Getty Oil Company.

Mr. Peter A.D. Giblin (elected in 1993) is a graduate of Yale University and Columbia University School of Law, and was a Fulbright scholar in Venezuela. He has spent the majority of his career, which includes law and banking, as a management consultant focusing on human resource issues. He established the European operations of Russell Reynolds Associates in London and subsequently opened their offices in Paris and Madrid. He is currently chairman of The Giblin Company, a London-based management- consulting firm. He is the former chairman of Republicans Abroad for Europe and Africa, a former president of the Yale Club of London, and a member of the advisory board of the Columbia London Institute. He is a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Management at the Cass Business School, City University, London, and a member of various associations and clubs in the U.S. and Europe.

Dr. Elias K. Hebeka (elected in 1990) is vice chair of the board. In December 2003 he retired from Revlon, Inc., where he served as president, worldwide operations and technical affairs. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, he received his B.S. in pharmacy and pharmaceutical chemistry from Cairo University, and his M.S. in bacteriology and Ph.D. in microbiology from Rutgers State University. He was an assistant professor at Cairo University and at the American University of Beirut. Dr. Hebeka began his career as a research microbiologist at Parke Davis Company before joining Warner Lambert Company in 1966. He was Warner Lambert’s corporate vice president for technical operations, with worldwide responsibility for manufacturing, distribution, and technical matters. After retiring from Warner Lambert in 1993, he was the president and chief executive officer of the Liberty Science Center in New Jersey before joining Revlon, Inc. in 1993. He is also a member of the Board of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America.

Mr. B. Boyd Hight (elected in 1987) is chair of the board and a retired partner in the Los Angeles law firm of O'Melveny & Myers. He received his B.A. from Duke University; his law degree from Yale University, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal ; and a diploma in comparative law from the University of Stockholm. From 1979 to 1981 he served as deputy assistant secretary for transportation and telecommunications at the U.S. Department of State. He was the executive vice president, general counsel and a director at Santa Fe International Corporation in Alhambra, California from 1985 to 1989. Mr. Hight is an overseer of The Huntington Library, a trustee of the Autry Western Heritage Museum, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Pacific Council on International Policy. He is past president of the board of Planned Parenthood-World Population, Los Angeles.

Ms. Katherine Nouri Hughes (elected 1996) is a writer. After completing a master's degree in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University, she lived in Cairo and worked at AUC. She was later a vice- president at Robinson, Lake, Lerer & Montgomery in New York and for 12 years vice-president for communications at the Milken Family Foundation in Los Angeles. She continues to serve as special consultant to its president. She serves on the national finance board of the Democratic National Committee, the boards of the Women's Leadership Forum, the Milken Family Foundation and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Advisory Council of Princeton University's Near Eastern Studies Department, and the Advisory Board of Cambridge College. She lives in Princeton with her husband, Robert Del Tufo, former state attorney general (NJ) and United States Attorney (NJ).

Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim (elected in 2006) is Founder and Chairman of Celtel International, which operates mobile networks in 15 African countries. The company was sold in 2005 to the Kuwait company, MTC (Mobile Telecommunications Company) for $3.4 billion. He originally founded MSI (Mobile Systems International), a cellular consultancy and software house, in 1989, which was sold in 2000 for $900 million. Prior to this, he spent six years as Technical Director of Cellnet, the mobile arm of British Telecom at that time. He is also Chairman of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, established in March 2006, which focuses on the issues of governance and leadership in Africa. He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the London Business School in July 2006. Commonly known as Mo Ibrahim, he is an acknowledged global expert in mobile communications. Dr. Ibrahim is of Nubian, Sudanese origin. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alexandria, Egypt, a Masters of Science in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from the University of Bradford, UK, and a PhD in Mobile Communications from the University of Birmingham. He is married to Dr. Hania Fadl.

Mr. Abdallah S. Jum’ah (elected in 2001) is president and chief executive officer of Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabian Oil Company. He studied at AUC before attending the American University of Beirut, from which he holds a B.A. in political science. He has also completed the Management Development Program at Harvard University. He is a member of Saudi Aramco’s board of directors and has served on the boards of several of Saudi Aramco’s subsidiaries and joint ventures. Mr. Jum’ah is a member of the Saudi Arabian Supreme Council for Petroleum and Mineral Affairs and has served on the boards of various company subsidiaries and affiliates, including Aramco Services Company (USA), Saudi Refining, Inc. (USA), Saudi Petroleum International, Inc. (USA), Motiva Enterprises (USA), S-Oil Corporation (Korea), Petron Corporation (Philippines) and Motor Oil (Hellas) Corinth Refineries S.A. (Greece). In January 2005, he was appointed energy community leader for 2005 by the World Economic Forum.

Mr. Robert W. Kasten Jr. (1994) is president of Kasten & Co., an international banking and consulting firm. He is also chairman and founder of the Legislative Studies Institute, and senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Mr. Kasten was elected to the United States Senate in 1980, where he represented the State of Wisconsin from 1981-1993. He served on the Senate Appropriations Committee, where he was chairman of the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations; the Senate Budget Committee; and the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. He also served in the House of Representatives from 1975-79. Mr. Kasten’s service in Congress was marked by leadership in international affairs and business issues. He was appointed to the President's Export Council in 1985 by Ronald Reagan. He was named secretary of the Republican Conference in 1990 and served as the co-chairman of the National Republican Party Platform Committee. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona and his M.B.A. in finance from Columbia University.

Dr. Farhad Kazemi (elected in 1997) is secretary of the board. He is a professor of politics and Middle Eastern studies at New York University. He holds an M.A. from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. A specialist in comparative, international, and Middle Eastern politics, he has been acting dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science at NYU, as well as chairman of the Department of Politics, director of the Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, and Vice Provost for Global Affairs. He has served as president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America and of the Society for Iranian Studies. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and has been a trustee of several academic institutions and a consultant to the U.S. government. He has written numerous books and scholarly articles, including Poverty and Revolution in Iran , and Peasants and Politics in the Modern Middle East . He has taught at the University of Michigan and has been a visiting professor at Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Oxford.

Mr. Arthur Lindenauer (elected in 1998) was chairman of Schlumberger Technology Corporation from 1999 until his retirement in 2003. His career has included 18 years as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Schlumberger. He was also Price Waterhouse's partner in charge of mergers and acquisitions for the U.S. He has a B.A. from Dartmouth and an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business Administration, where he is currently a visiting lecturer. He is chairman of the Audit committee of Transocean. Mr. Lindenauer was appointed by the Chief Judge of the State of New York to the Legal Services Project in 1998. He is a member of the New York State Society of CPAs.

Mr. Troland Link (elected in 1993) was the general counsel of Deutsche Bank Americas and is now senior counsel to Davis Polk and Wardwell. He specializes in international and banking law with a current focus on privatization and capital-raising in Latin America and Eastern Europe. He holds a B.A. and a law degree from Harvard University. Mr. Link serves on the board of trustees of the New York Downtown Hospital and is a director of the French-American Foundation.

Mr. Bruce L. Ludwig (elected in 1992) is chairman of Ludwig & Company, a real estate consulting firm in Los Angeles concentrating on the Middle East. He attended Glendale College and received a business degree from California State University. Mr. Ludwig and his wife, Carolyn, have been the principal benefactors of the AUC Valley of the Kings project and the Giza Plateau Mapping Project in Egypt. He was the initial sponsor in a joint effort by the American Research Center in Egypt and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to showcase Egyptian artifacts in U.S. museums. He is a trustee of the Urban Land Institute, the International Council of Shopping Centers, and the American Research Center in Egypt. He is an elected member of the Explorers Club, the Royal Geographic Society and the Egyptian Exploration Society of England, the Oriental Institute, and numerous other philanthropic and research organizations in the Middle East and Africa. Carolyn is publishing a large format photographic book, jointly with AUC Press, on the Churches, Monasteries, and Shrines of Egypt.

Ms. Elizabeth (Lisa) Nitze (elected in 2006) has spent most of her career in non-profit management, planning and consulting. She is now Vice President, Global E2 Program at Ashoka: Innovators for the Public. Working with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, she developed a plan to maximize the social benefits derived from Doris Duke’s New Jersey estate’s combined assets. As Executive Director of The New Jersey Governor’s Commission on the Preservation and Use of Ellis Island, she developed a restoration and reuse plan for the Island. Also under the Whitman Administration, Ms. Nitze created Prosperity New Jersey, a statewide public/private partnership that developed collaborative strategies and plans for improving the New Jersey economy. During the 1994 World Cup Soccer Games in New Jersey she advised Governor Whitman on cross-cultural protocol issues. While Executive Director of the World Trade Center Baltimore and World Trade Center Institute, Ms. Nitze represented the State of Maryland abroad, attracting foreign investments to Maryland and assisting companies in the State in getting their products into foreign markets. Ms. Nitze has also taught at the International College, located on the campus of American University in Beirut. She holds a BA in International Relations from Harvard College and an MBA from Stanford.

Dr. Robert A. Oden, Jr . (elected in 1990) is president of Carleton College. He was president of Kenyon College from 1995-2002, and headmaster of the Hotchkiss School from 1989-95. Dr. Oden holds a B.A. from Harvard College and advanced degrees from the Harvard Divinity School and from the University of Cambridge, where he was a Marshall scholar. His Ph.D. in Near Eastern languages and literature is from Harvard University. He was a professor in the Department of Religion at Dartmouth College, where he received Dartmouth’s first Distinguished Teaching Award. He is the author of seven books, including The Bible Without Theology , and scores of scholarly articles, as well as a number of articles on fly-fishing. His chief research interests are in ancient Near East languages and history, and comparative religion. In 1989, he was selected to be among the first of The Teaching Company’s “Superstar Teachers,” and he has taped several series of lectures for them on comparative religion and the Old Testament.

Ms. Dina Habib Powell recently resigned from the State Department to join Goldman Sachs, a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm, where she has been named Managing Director and Global Head of Corporate Engagement . She was nominated and confirmed as assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs in 2005. Previously, Powell served as assistant to the president for presidential personnel, a senior staff member at the White House, as well as director of congressional affairs for the Republican National Committee and as a staff member of former US House Majority Leader Dick Armey. Powell is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, she was born in Cairo, Egypt. Her mother, Hoda Soliman, is a graduate of the American University in Cairo (AUC).

Dr. William B. Quandt (elected in 1992) is the Edward R. Stettinius Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia. He was formerly a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. He has his B.A. from Stanford University and received his Ph.D. from M.I.T. Dr. Quandt was a staff member of the National Security Council during the Nixon and Carter administrations. He served as President Carter's chief Middle East aide and was a member of the U.S. delegation to the 1978 Camp David summit. He is the author of several books on the Arab-Israeli Conflict, Algeria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. His latest publication is entitled Peace Process: American Diplomacy Toward the Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1967 (Brookings, 2005). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Middle East Studies Association and serves on the board of the Foundation for Middle East Peace.

Dr. William A. Rugh (elected in 1997) is an Associate at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University. In September 2003 he retired after eight years as the president of America- Mideast Educational and Training Services Inc. (AMIDEAST), a private organization that promotes understanding and cooperation between Americans and the Middle East through education, training, and development programs. A former U.S. ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, as well as to Yemen, he has held numerous other posts in the U.S. Foreign Service, among them public affairs officer at the American Embassy in Cairo, director of USIA’s Near East and South Asia Bureau, and deputy chief of mission at the American Embassy in Syria. He holds a B.A. from Oberlin College, an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has taught at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and serves on the Executive Committees of AMIDEAST and the Public Diplomacy Council.

Mr. Thomas E. Thomason (elected in 1996) is CEO of the Egyptian Refining Company. Prior to this post, Mr. Thomason was Globeleq’s Vice President for the North Africa Region and Managing Director of Sidi Krir Generating Company, InterGen’s Vice President and Country Executive for Egypt, and General Manager for Sidi Krir. Before joining InterGen in 1998, Mr. Thomason was Bechtel’s Vice President and Senior Regional Executive for the Middle East located in Cairo. Mr. Thomason’s previous positions with Bechtel included Chief Legal Counsel, Manager of Commercial Operations for Bechtel Construction, Manager of Contracts, and Manager of Bechtel’s Washington, D.C. Office. Mr. Thomason received his B.A. and Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Thomason is on the Boards of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt and the Bi-national Fulbright Commission.

Mr. John Elting Treat (elected in 1995) is CEO of Treat Management Company and Vice Chairman of Pinnacle Partners Systems. Living in California, he is a retired but still active Partner of Booz Allen Hamilton. His career has included positions as Publisher of Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, as a Partner in Bear Stearns and Company, and as President of the New York Mercantile Exchange. He served in the White House as international energy advisor on the National Security Council staff under Presidents Carter and Reagan. He held senior positions in the U.S. Department of Energy, the Federal Energy Administration, a Presidential-Congressional Commission on foreign policy organization, the Department of State and the U.S. Senate. Mr. Treat was commissioned an officer in the U.S. Navy after receiving his B.A. from Princeton University and an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University, both in international economics. He serves on a number of corporate as well as on other non-profit boards, including the Yosemite National Institutes, the World Affairs Council of Northern California and the Business Development Initiative. Mr. Treat is also the author/editor of several books, including Energy Futures, Dinosaurs Can Fly, and The Encyclopedia of Energy. 

Dr. Sadek Wahba (elected 2007) is Managing Director of Morgan Stanley.  He is currently Chief Investment Officer and Global Head of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners LP, a closed-end fund that invests in infrastructure assets globally. He previously was responsible for project and structured financings in Global Capital Markets. Since joining Morgan Stanley in 1998, he has focused on financing and advisory mandates for infrastructure projects in the transport, energy, utilities, and social infrastructure sectors. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Dr. Wahba held positions at Lehman Brothers where he focused on structured financings and served as an economist for the World Bank from 1990–1992. He is a graduate of Harvard University where he received his Ph.D. in Economics, the London School of Economics (LSE) where he obtained a M.Sc. in Economics and, The American University in Cairo where he graduated in 1987 with highest honors earning a B.A. in Economics and Computer Science. He has several publications in the field of economics, and is a frequent guest lecturer at New York University's School of Public Administration and a regular consultant for Cambridge University Press in the field of financial economics.

Ambassador Frank G. Wisner (elected in 1997) is Vice Chairman, External Affairs, at American International Group. A career diplomat with the personal rank of Career Ambassador, he previously served as US Ambassador to India from 1994-1997. Additionally, he held the positions of Ambassador to Zambia (1979-82), Egypt (1986-91), and the Philippines (1991-92). Ambassador Wisner has served in a number of positions in the U.S. government, including Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (1993-94), Undersecretary of State for International Security Affairs (1992-93), Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (1982-86), and Deputy Executive Secretary of the Department of State (1977). During the course of his career, Ambassador Wisner served in the Middle East and South and East Asia. He is a member of the Boards of Directors of American Life Insurance Company (ALICO), EOG Resources and Ethan Allen, as well as the boards of numerous non-profit organizations. A native of New York, Mr. Wisner was educated at Princeton University.

Dr. Ahmed Zewail (elected in 1999) is the Linus Pauling Chair Professor of Chemistry, professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Director of the Physical Biology Center. He received the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He has received numerous other honors, including the Robert A. Welch Prize, the Wolf Prize, the King Faisal Prize, and the Benjamin Franklin Medal. He has also received Egypt’s highest state honor, the Order of the Grand Collar of the Nile. Dr. Zewail received his B.S. and M.S. from Alexandria University in Egypt, and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He is an elected member of numerous international societies, including the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, the Indian Academy of Sciences, and the Royal Society of London. He serves on the Board of Directors and Trustees of universities, research institutions, and major corporations.

Advisory Trustees

Dr. Esmat Abdel Meguid
Dr. Alexander Aldrich
Mr. Gordon M. Anderson
Dr. Nabil Elaraby
Mr. Theodore S. Bacon Jr.
Dr. Thomas A. Bartlett
Mr. Miner D. Crary Jr.
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Driscoll
Mr. Paul B. Hannon
Mr. John R. Hayes
Ms. Edith Crary Howe
Mr. Lawrence H. Hyde
Mr. George F. Jewett Jr.
Mrs. Suad Al-Husseini Juffali
Dr. Ibrahim Kamel
Dr. Mostafa Khalil
Mr. Weldon D. Kruger
Mr. Richard M. Morrow
Mrs. Louise W. Moore Pine
Ambassador Samir S. Shihabi
Dr. William K. Simpson
Mr. John A. Urquhart