02-17-04

PAST AAAS PRESIDENT TO SPEAK AT IOWA STATE MARCH 4

AMES, Iowa -- Mary Good, past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), will deliveran Iowa State University Institute of Science and Society lecture on Thursday, March 4.

The lecture, "Why Should You Care About Science Policy? How Do Scientists and Engineers Affect You?," will begin at 8p.m. in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Good also served on the National Science Board during both the Carter and Reagan administrations, and was the boardchairperson from 1988-91. During the Clinton administration, Good was undersecretary for technology in the U.S.Department of Commerce and Technology.

She currently is dean of the Donaghey College of Information Science and Systems Engineering, also known asCyberCollege, at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock. Good also has been a faculty member at Louisiana StateUniversity and the University of New Orleans. She has been a guiding force in research and development at AlliedSignal, and currently serves as the managing partner of Venture Capital Investors, LLC, in Little Rock.

Good is the first female winner of the AAAS's prestigious Philip Hogue Abelson Prize for outstanding achievements ineducation, research and development management and public service, spanning the academic, industrial and governmentsectors. She also has received the National Science Foundation Distinguished Service Medal and the esteemed AmericanChemical Society Priestly Medal.

Good's lecture is coordinated by the Iowa State Institute of Science and Society. Research conducted by the Institute'sfaculty analyzes how scientific advances potentially can improve the welfare of people's lives -- if the impacts infact are positive. Among other things, researchers study how attitudes and ethics about science are formed, howunderstanding of previous discoveries and advancements affects views about the future and what's best for society, andthe rate at which new technologies are accepted and adopted.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the lead college for the Institute for Science and Society. The College ofAgriculture and the Plant Sciences Institute are partners in the project.

Additional sponsors for Good's appearance include the University Committee on Lectures funded by the Government of theStudent Body, the Miller Lecture Fund, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering, the AmesLaboratory, Plant Sciences Institute, Phi Beta Kappa, and the academic departments and programs of economics, English,chemistry, history, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, physics and astronomy, political science,psychology, public policy and administration, and the Information Assurance Center.

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