

1. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), 2001-2008
2. Council on Foreign Relations, 2002-present
3. Council on Competitiveness, 1999-present
4. The National Academies' Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR), 2009-present
5. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Technology Innovation Program (TIP) Advisory Board, 2009-present
6. U.S. Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, 2006
7. Science and Mathematics Education Task Force, reporting to the U.S. Secretary of Energy, Chair, 2004-2006
8. States Science and Technology Institute, Board of Trustees, 2004-present
9. National Leadership Council, the Digital Promise Project and the Digital Opportunity Investment Trust Act, 2004
10. World Innovation Foundation, 2006
11. National Inventors Hall of Fame, Board of Trustees, 1999-2005
12. Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), formerly the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, 1983-present; Board of Directors member 2006-2009; Commission on the Urban Agenda, Executive Committee, 1999-present, chair 2006-2008; APLU/AAU Patent Reform Advisory Committee, APLU co-chair (with Yale University President Rick Levin as co-chair for the Association of American Universities), 2009-present
13. Mid-American Conference Council of Presidents, 1999-present
14. Air University, Board of Visitors, 1999-2002
15. National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing (NACFM), Board of Trustees, 1999-2002
16. Senior Research Fellow, IC2 Institute (innovation, creativity, capital), the University of Texas, Austin, 1998-present
17. Invited participant, Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR) and Committee on Science Engineering and Public Policy (COSEPUP), workshop on "Overcoming Barriers to Collaborative Research," March 23-24, 1998, National Academy of Sciences, Beckman Center, Irvine, California
18. Graduate Record Examination Board, Minority Graduate Education Committee, 1997-1998
19. Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Graduate Schools (AGS), 1994-1998
20. Council of Graduate Schools, 1987-1998
21. Advisory Council, Emory University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 1995-1998
22. Committee on Institutional Cooperation, Big 10 universities and the University of Chicago; 1994-1998
23. Chairman, Executive Resources Board, United States Arctic Research Commission, 1994
24. Council on Academic Affairs, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges - Committee on the Economics of Higher Education, 1992-1994; Executive Committee, 1993-1994
25. North Central Association Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, 1999-present
26. Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education, Northwest Academic Forum, State Representative, 1987-1994; Executive Committee, 1993-1994
27. Congressional Testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: "Radioactive and Other Environmental Threats to the Arctic Resulting from Past Soviet Activities," August 15, 1992, Field Hearing, Fairbanks, Alaska
28. Vice-Chairman and Commissioner, United States Arctic Research Commission, 1992-1996; Board of Advisors, 1990-1992 and 1997-1998
29. U.S. Diplomatic Delegation to the Preparatory and Ministerial Meetings on the Protection of the Arctic Environment, Rovaniemi, Finland, June 10-14, 1991
30. Congressional Testimony before the National Ocean Policy Study, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate: "An American Arctic Research University," April 24, 1991, Washington, D.C.
31. National Biotechnology Policy Board, National Institutes of Health, 1990-1993; Appointed by the Secretary.
32. Panelist; Energy, Economics, and the Environment-Reaching for Consensus; Fall Conference on Earth Observations and Global Change Decision Making, Washington, D.C., October 22, 1991
33. Council on Research Policy and Graduate Education, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, 1987-1998. Executive Committee, 1990-1998, and Chair, 1993. Representative to the Commission on Human Resources, 1993-1998
34. Task Force on Federal Relations, Council on Research Policy and Graduate Education, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, 1990-1993
35. Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS), President, 1988-1990; Past President, 1991-1992; Member Executive Committee, Board of Directors, Founders' Committee, 1988-1992
36. Committee on Public Education and Public Policy, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, 1988-1989
37. Business-Higher Education Forum, American Council on Education, Advisory Committee on Minorities and The Work Force, 1986
38. Committee on Vision, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences. Member 1979-1982; Study Director 1977-1979
39. Social Issues Committee, Society for Neuroscience, 1978-1981
40. Reviewed research papers for Journal of General Physiology, Journal of Neurophysiology, Vision Research, Experimental Eye Research, Physiology and Behavior, and Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation
41. Reviewed grants for NSF and CONACYT
42. Served on a site-visit team for NIH
43. Organizer or Co-organizer of the following symposia:
44. Consulting assignments at universities, laboratories, and agencies
45. The Society of the SIGMA XI