


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. Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (CUSU), Board of Governors, 2006-present, vice chair 2006-2008; co-chair, Building Strong Communities Steering Committee, 2009-present
14. Transformative Regional Engagement (TRE) Networks, Inc., Board of Directors, 2010-present
15. Mid-American Conference Council of Presidents, 1999-present
16. Air University, Board of Visitors, 1999-2002
17. National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing (NACFM), Board of Trustees, 1999-2002
18. Senior Research Fellow, IC2 Institute (innovation, creativity, capital), the University of Texas, Austin, 1998-present
19. 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
20. Graduate Record Examination Board, Minority Graduate Education Committee, 1997-1998
21. Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Graduate Schools (AGS), 1994-1998
22. Council of Graduate Schools, 1987-1998
23. Advisory Council, Emory University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 1995-1998
24. Committee on Institutional Cooperation, Big 10 universities and the University of Chicago; 1994-1998
25. Chairman, Executive Resources Board, United States Arctic Research Commission, 1994
26. 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
27. North Central Association Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, 1999-present
28. Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education, Northwest Academic Forum, State Representative, 1987-1994; Executive Committee, 1993-1994
29. 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
30. Vice-Chairman and Commissioner, United States Arctic Research Commission, 1992-1996; Board of Advisors, 1990-1992 and 1997-1998
31. U.S. Diplomatic Delegation to the Preparatory and Ministerial Meetings on the Protection of the Arctic Environment, Rovaniemi, Finland, June 10-14, 1991
32. 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.
33. National Biotechnology Policy Board, National Institutes of Health, 1990-1993; Appointed by the Secretary.
34. 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
35. 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
36. Task Force on Federal Relations, Council on Research Policy and Graduate Education, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, 1990-1993
37. 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
38. Committee on Public Education and Public Policy, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, 1988-1989
39. Business-Higher Education Forum, American Council on Education, Advisory Committee on Minorities and The Work Force, 1986
40. Committee on Vision, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences. Member 1979-1982; Study Director 1977-1979
41. Social Issues Committee, Society for Neuroscience, 1978-1981
42. Reviewed research papers for Journal of General Physiology, Journal of Neurophysiology, Vision Research, Experimental Eye Research, Physiology and Behavior, and Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation
43. Reviewed grants for NSF and CONACYT
44. Served on a site-visit team for NIH
45. Organizer or Co-organizer of the following symposia:
46. Consulting assignments at universities, laboratories, and agencies
47. The Society of the SIGMA XI