Shirley M. Caldwell Tilghman was elected Princeton University's 19th president on May 5, 2001, and assumed office on June 15, 2001. An exceptional teacher and a world-renowned scholar and leader in the field of molecular biology, she served on the Princeton faculty for 15 years before being named president.
                                                                                     

Princeton University's President

Ruth W. Friendly, is Senior Editorial Advisor, Fred Friendly Seminars, Inc.. She has served in this capacity for The Fred Friendly Seminars over the past five years, including the recent program, Beyond Black and White: Affirmative Action in America, the series, Liberty & Limits: The Federalist Idea 200 Years Later and Before I Die: Medical Care and Personal Choices.                                                                          

Fred Friendly Seminars, Inc.

Bruce Alberts, President of the National Academy of Sciences, is a respected biochemist recognized for his work in both biochemistry and molecular biology. He is noted particularly for his extensive study of the protein complexes that allow chromosomes to be replicated, as required for a living cell to divide. Bruce is a past Chair of the Commission on Life Sciences. He has served on the faculties of Princeton University, and as Vice Chair and Chair of the UCSF Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. Being committed to the improvement of science education, he has dedicated much of his time to education projects in San Francisco elementary schools.
                                          

National Academy of Sciences

David Botstein, Research Interests are the structure and function of the yeast cytoskeleton; analysis of yeast and human gene expression on a genome-wide scale; human linkage studies; development and maintenance of genome databases



                              

Stanford University

Michael J. Lemke’s work in aquatic microbial ecology focuses on bacterial population interactions in freshwater ecosystems. His current research incorporates a traditional ecological approach to investigation with molecular biology techniques that pursue questions about microbial processes in interface habitats (i.e., oxic-anoxic layers). In addition, his students and him examine questions about bacterial and viral populations in streams, nutrient cycling, and decompositional processes in intermittent and floodplain aquatic habitats.


                                  

University of Illinois at Springfield

Makoto Yoshida is one of the founders and the president of Global Education Resources. He was born in Hiroshima, Japan and now lives in New Jersey. He came to the United States to study at Lewis and Clark College, Portland. Oregon, where he received his B.A. in Education and Psychology. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Eduction from the University of Chicago. His doctoral dissertation research focused on Lesson Study in Japan. Part of his dissertation served as the basis of Chapter 7, Beyond Reform: Japan's Approach to the Improvement of Classroom Teaching, in Stigler and Heibert’s book “The Teaching Gap” (1999), in addition to many other publications. He is currently writing a book on lesson study with Dr. Clea Fernandez, Teachers College, Columbia University, entitled Improving Mathematics Teaching and Learning: The Japanese Lesson Study Approach (Working Title).                            

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