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 Rodney W. Nichols, President and CEO of the New York Academy of Sciences from 1992 to 2001, was previously Scholar-in-Residence at the Carnegie Corporation of New York (1990-1992) and Vice President and Executive Vice President of The Rockefeller University (1970-1990). He has also served as an R&D manager in industry and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
A Harvard University graduate and applied physicist, he has co-authored two books and scores of papers. He frequently lectures on: research and development trends, international scientific cooperation and competition, and K-12 education for economic growth.
Long active in international affairs, Nichols has led projects conducted in China, Japan, India, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. He is on the Board of Advisors to Foreign Affairs and chaired the Committee on Science and Technology for Development (COSTED) of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). He was appointed to U.S. government delegations for international negotiations on arms control, as well as programs in technology transfer and capacity-building in developing countries.
Appointed to the Executive Committee of the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology and Government (1989-1994), Mr. Nichols was principal author of the Commission's January 1992 report entitled Science and Technology in U.S. International Affairs. He was also Vice Chairman to former President Jimmy Carter for the Commission's December 1992 report on Partnerships for Global Development. He is also a member of the editorial board for Technology in Society, an international journal.
Nichols has advised the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; the State, Defense, and Energy Departments; the National Institutes of Health; the National Science Foundation; the United Nations; the U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment; and the National Academies of Science and Engineering.
In the New York area he currently serves on the boards of CUNY Research Foundation, Eugene Lang College of New School University, Irvington Institute for Immunological Research, the Manhattan Institute, and the ALS Association. He has been awarded numerous honors including the Secretary of Defense Medal for Distinguished and Meritorious Civilian Service (1970), the Distinguished Patriot Award of the Sons of the Revolution (1996), and an honorary Doctor of Science by Cedar Crest College (2001).
(Profile posted Nov. 2006.)
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