Dr. George Campbell Jr. Elected to MITRE's Board of Trustees

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

MCLEAN, Va., March 30, 2011 — MITRE Chairman of the Board Dr. James Schlesinger and President and CEO Mr. Alfred Grasso are pleased to announce the recent election of Dr. George Campbell Jr. to the corporation's Board of Trustees.

Dr. Campbell has had a long and distinguished career in academia and private industry. He is currently president of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, an all honors college and one of America's most selective institutions of higher education. A physicist by training, Dr. Campbell spent much of his career at AT&T's Bell Laboratories, where he held various R&D and management positions. He later served as CEO of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME), Inc., a non-profit organization focused on education in engineering and science and research in science and technology policy.

"It's an honor to welcome Dr. Campbell as a new trustee," said Grasso. "His technical expertise and his experience as an academic and practitioner bring a unique perspective to the board. His guidance and counsel will be a benefit to MITRE and our government sponsors."

Dr. Campbell is a member of the boards of directors of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, Consolidated Edison, Inc., Barnes and Noble, Inc., and the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation. He is a trustee of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Montefiore Medical Center, the New York Hall of Science, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, and the Institute of International Education. Earlier in his career, Dr. Campbell served on the faculties of Nkumbi International College in Zambia and Syracuse University. He has published numerous papers and served on a number of national science and technology policy bodies, including the Morella Commission of the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Secretary of Energy's Advisory Board.

A fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the New York Academy of Sciences, Dr. Campbell received the 1993 George Arents Pioneer Medal in Physics and has received several honorary doctorates. He holds a doctorate in theoretical physics from Syracuse University and a bachelor's degree in physics from Drexel University.

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