President Bush selects Jischke for science, technology advisory board
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The announcement, made Monday (Feb. 27) by the White House, said Jischke was among 14 individuals the president will appoint to the council.
"Science and technology are keys to a secure and prosperous future for our nation," Jischke said. "Several of the topics the council has considered in the past five years — nanotechnology, science and engineering capabilities, technology transfer, homeland security, information technology, and energy efficiency — are areas on which Purdue has focused hard, in part because we believe they will be an important part of Indiana's economic future.
"I look forward to the opportunity to play a role on the council, advance the nation's science and technology agenda, and bring insights back to Purdue and the state of Indiana."
Jischke has encouraged an entrepreneurial approach to the academic research enterprise and has been an advocate of science and engineering education to help ensure the nation's continued competitiveness in the global economy.
President Bush officially formed the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in 2001. The council has 23 members plus the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy who serves as the council's co-chair. Council members are drawn from industry, education, research institutions and other nongovernmental organizations.
Appointees meet three or four times per year, and the council advises the president and issues reports on science- and technology-related topics. For example, the 2005 report was "The National Nanotechnology Initiative at Five Years: Assessment and Recommendations of the National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel."
Jischke was named Purdue's 10th president in 2000 after serving for nine years as president of Iowa State University. His experience in higher education also includes 17 years as professor and dean at the University of Oklahoma and five years as chancellor of the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Jischke was the founding president of the Global Consortium of Higher Education and Research for Agriculture. He served as chairman and board member of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges and as a board member of the American Council on Education, National Merit Scholarship Corp., and the Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and Land-Grant Universities.
He currently serves as chairman of the Association of American Universities, which represents the top 62 research universities in North America and is the current chair of the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors. Jischke also is on the board of the American Council on Competitiveness and the national board of Campus Compact, an organization of university presidents and college deans that helps students learn about citizenship through community-service opportunities. The Indiana Chamber of Commerce honored Jischke in November with its Volunteer of the Year Award.
Jischke received his bachelor's degree in physics from the Illinois Institute of Technology and his doctorate in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Trained as a fluid dynamicist, Jischke has expertise in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, aerodynamics and problems related to high-speed aircraft and spacecraft.
The Illinois Institute of Technology and the National Agricultural University of Ukraine have awarded Jischke honorary doctoral degrees. During 1975-76, he served as a White House fellow and special assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation.
Writer: Mike Lillich, (765) 494-2077, mlillich@purdue.edu
Source: Martin Jischke, (765) 494-9708
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