JOSHUA LEDERBERG Rockefeller University 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021-6399 (212)-327-7809 Education 1938-41 Stuyvesant High School (New York City) 1941-44 B.A., Columbia College 1944-46 Enrolled as medical student, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 1946-47 Ph.D., Yale University. Honorary Degrees: M.D. Turin (1969); Tufts (1985) Sc.D. Yale (1960);Wisconsin (1967);Columbia (1967);Yeshiva(1970) Mt. Sinai (1979); Rutgers (1981); NYU (1984) Litt.D. Jewish Theol. Sem. (1979) LL.D. Penna. (1979). D. Phil. Tel-Aviv (1991) Dr. Mil. Med. USUHS (1998) Experience 1945-46 Research assistant in zoology (with Professor F. J. Ryan), Columbia University 1946-47 Research fellow of the Jane Coffin Childs Fund for Medical Research at Yale University (with Professor E. L. Tatum) 1947-59 Professor of Genetics, University of Wisconsin 1950 Visiting Professor of Bacteriology, University of California, Berkeley 1957 Fulbright Visiting Professor of Bacteriology, University of Melbourne, Australia 1957-59 Chairman, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison 1959-78 Professor of Genetics (also Biology, Computer Science) and Chairman, Dept. Genetics Stanford University School of Medicine 1978-90 President, The Rockefeller University, New York City 1990- University Professor-emeritus, "" "" & Sackler Foundation Scholar Fields of Interest: Genetics, chemistry and evolution of DNA, of unicellular organisms and of man. Computer models of scientific reasoning; expert systems Exobiology, origin of life. Applications of scientific understanding to direction of research and to public health and policy. .ne 5 Distinctions: 1957 National Academy of Sciences, U.S. 1958 Nobel Prize in medicine (for studies on organization of the genetic material in bacteria) 1979 Royal Society of London, For. Member. 1980 Hon. Life member, N.Y. Acad. Sci.; 1994-5 Chairman 1981 Hon. Fellow, N.Y. Acad. Medicine 1982 Fellow, AAAS; Am Phil Soc; Am Acad Arts Sci 1983 Hon. Member AOA (medical honorary society) 1984 IEEE Centennial award 1989 US National Medal of Science 1993 Founding Member, Academie Universelle des Cultures 1993 Commandeur, L'ordre des arts et des lettres (Republique Francaise) 1995 Allen Newell Award, Association for Computing Machinery 1996 N.Y. Acad Med. - John Stearns Award for Lifetime Achievement 1997 Nat Found Inf Dis: Maxwell Finland Award 1997 NYC: Mayor's award in Science and Technology 1988 Columbia P&S Distinguished Service Medal 1961 Columbia: Alexander Hamilton Award Yale: Wilbur Cross Medal Sigma Xi: Procter Medal .. Military Service 1943-45 US Navy (V-12 and Hospital Corps; Ens. USNR) Public responsibilities: 1950- President's Science Advisory Committee panels; NIH; NSF study sections (genetics); OTA 1958-77 National Academy of Sciences committees on space biology 1960-77 NASA committees; Lunar and Planetary Missions Board 1961-62 President (Kennedy)'s Panel on Mental Retardation 1967-71 NIMH National Mental Health Advisory Council 1970-73 US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Consultant 1979-81 President's Cancer Panel, Chairman 1979- US Defense Science Board. 1981- USN: CNO Executive Panel 1985-95 Council of Scholars, US Library of Congress 1987-88 Commission on Integrated Long Range Strategy 1988-95 Member, Chair Technology Assessment Advisory Council, OTA, US Congress 1990-94 Member, Advisory Board, US Secretary of Energy 1993-97 Advisory Committee to the Director, NIH 1993-97 Risk Assessment and Management Commission 1995-98 FBI, DNA Advisory Board -- chair 1971-76,93- ... World Health Organizn., Adv. Committee for Medical Research 1985- UNIDO - Science Advisory to Intl. Center Genetic Eng'g Biot'y 1988-93 Carnegie Corp: Chair, Commission on Science, Technology and Government 1966-71 Columnist (Washington Post Syndicate) "Science and Man" - Board of Governors, Weizmann Inst., Rehovoth, Israel 1972- Annual Reviews, Inc. (1976- Chmn., Bd of Trustees) 1972-84 Bd. of Trustees, Natural Resources Defense Council 1975-81 Bd. dirs., Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, Ca. 1978-80 Council, Institute of Medicine, Nat. Acad. Sci. .ne 2 1978- Bd. dirs., Charles Babbage Institute (Computing History) Minneapolis, Minn. 1979- Adjunct Professor of Genetics, Cornell Medical College, N.Y. 1990- Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences, Columbia University 1991- Consulting Professor of Computer Science, Stanford 1998- Senior Associate, Center for International Security, Stanford 1979-80; 84-86 Fellow, New York Institute of Humanities. .ne 2 1980- Bd. dirs., Chemical Industry Institute for Toxicology: Res. Tr. Pk, NC. 1981-87 Bd. Sponsors., Bulletin of Atomic Scientists 1979- Trustee, Sackler Medical School, Tel-Aviv Univ., Israel 1983- Trustee, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, N.Y. 1984-87 Trustee, Conservation Foundation, Washington) 1984-87 Trustee, Clean Sites, Inc., Washington 1985-88 Director, New York City Partnership, 1985-93 Trustee, Carnegie Corporation, NYC. 1986- Director, Corp. for National Research Initiatives, Washington 1986-93 Trustee, Revson Foundation, NYC 1988-93 Trustee, Center for Strategic & International Studies, Wash 1989-98 Director, Council on Foreign Relations, N.Y. 1990-96 Trustee, American Type Culture Collection. Washington 1993-96 Advisory Board, Soros Fn./Intl. Sci. Fn. - fSU Major Corporate affiliations: 1984-95 Board of Directors, Procter & Gamble Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio Scientific consulting practice, part-time Personal Data b. May 23, 1925 Montclair, N.J. m. April 5, 1968 Marguerite Stein Kirsch (M.D., Yale, 1961) ch: David Kirsch (foster son) b. Nov. 4, 1964 Anne Lederberg b. May 6, 1974.