[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 29, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S950-S951]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. COCHRAN (for himself, Mr. Moynihan, and Mr. Frist):
  S.J. Res. 40. A joint resolution providing for the appointment of 
Alan G. Spoon as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the 
Smithsonian Institution; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
  S.J. Res. 41. A joint resolution providing for the appointment of 
Sheila E. Widnall as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the 
Smithsonian Institution; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
  S.J. Res. 42. A joint resolution providing for the reappointment of 
Manuel

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L. Ibanez as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the 
Smithsonian Institution; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.


              the smithsonian institution board of regents

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, today I am introducing three Senate joint 
resolutions reappointing citizen regents of the Board of Regents of the 
Smithsonian Institution. I am pleased that my fellow Smithsonian 
Institution Regents, the Senator from New York (Mr. Moynihan) and the 
Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Frist), are cosponsors.
  At its meeting on January 24, 2000, the Smithsonian Institution Board 
of Regents recommended the following distinguished individuals for 
appointment to the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents: Mr. Manuel 
L. Ibanez of Texas; Mr. Alan G. Spoon of Maryland; and Ms. Sheila E. 
Widnall of Massachusetts.
  I ask unanimous consent that the biographies of the nominees and the 
text of the joint resolutions be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 40

       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in 
     accordance with section 5581 of the Revised Statutes of the 
     United States (20 U.S.C. 43), the vacancy on the Board of 
     Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, in the class other 
     than Members of Congress, occurring by reason of resignation 
     of Louis Gerstner of New York, is filled by the appointment 
     of Alan G. Spoon of Maryland. The appointment is for a term 
     of 6 years and shall take effect on the date of enactment of 
     this joint resolution.
                                  ____


                              S.J. Res. 41

       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in 
     accordance with section 5581 of the Revised Statutes of the 
     United States (20 U.S.C. 43), the vacancy on the Board of 
     Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, in the class other 
     than Members of Congress, occurring by reason of resignation 
     of Louis Gerstner of New York, is filled by the appointment 
     of Alan G. Spoon of Maryland. The appointment is for a term 
     of 6 years and shall take effect on the date of enactment of 
     this joint resolution.
                                  ____


                              S.J. Res. 42

       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in 
     accordance with section 5581 of the Revised Statutes of the 
     United States (20 U.S.C. 43), the vacancy on the Board of 
     Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, in the class other 
     than Members of Congress, occurring by reason of the 
     expiration of the term of Manuel L. Ibanez of Texas on May 4, 
     2000, is filled by the reappointment of the incumbent for a 
     term of 6 years. The reappointment shall take effect on May 
     5, 2000.
                                  ____


                           Manuel Luis Ibanez

   (President of Texas A&I University and Professor of Microbiology)

       B.S.--1957: Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio (cum 
     laude).
       M.S.--1959: Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 
     Pennsylvania.
       Ph.D.--1961: Pennsylvania State University, University 
     Park, Pennsylvania.
       National Science Foundation Cooperative Fellowship, 1959-
     1961 (2 year Full Fellowship).
       Postdoctoral training, 1962--University of California at 
     Los Angeles, Nuclear Medicine.
       Field of Specialization: Bacterial Physiology.


                        professional experience

       1961-1962: Bucknell University, Assistant Professor of 
     Bacteriology.
       5/62-11/62: UCLA, Postdoctoral trainee.
       1962-1965: Interamerican Institute of Agricultural Science 
     of the O.A.S. (Costa Rica), Senior Biochemist.
       1965-1970: LSU in New Orleans, Associate Professor and 
     Chairman, Biology.
       1970-1075: LSU in New Orleans, Associate Professor of 
     Biology.
       1973: Sabbatical Leave, University of California, San Diego 
     and Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
       1975-1978: University of New Orleans, Associate Professor 
     and Coordinator Allied Health Sciences.
       1977: University of New Orleans, Professor, Biological 
     Sciences.
       1978-1982: University of New Orleans, Professor, Biological 
     Sciences and Associate Dean of the Graduate School.
       1/1/82-6/30/83: University of New Orleans, Professor, 
     Biological Sciences and Associate Vice Chancellor for 
     Academic Affairs.
       7/1/83-3/31/85: University of New Orleans, Professor, 
     Biological Sciences and Acting Vice Chancellor for Academic 
     Affairs.
       4/1/85-7/31/89: University of New Orleans, Professor, 
     Biological Sciences and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs 
     and Provost.
       8/89: University of New Orleans, Professor Emeritus.
       8/1/89-Present: Texas A&I University, Professor of 
     Microbiology and President.
       8/1/90-Present: Texas A&M University, Visiting Professor of 
     Biochemistry.
       Professional Society Memberships Past and Present: American 
     Society for Microbiology; American Association for the 
     Advancement of Science; Fitotecnia Latinoamericana; Society 
     of Sigma Xi (Science); American Association of University 
     Administrators; American Association of State Colleges and 
     Universities; Hispanic Association of Colleges and 
     Universities.
                                  ____


                            Alan Gary Spoon

       Communications and publishing executive; b. Detroit, June 
     4, 1951; s. Harry and Mildred (Rudman) S.; m. Terri Alper, 
     June 3, 1975; children: Ryan, Leigh, Randi, B.S., MIT, 1973, 
     M.S. 1973; J.D., Harvard U., 1976. Cons. The Boston Cons. 
     Group, 1976-79, mgr., 1979-81, v.p., 1981; v.p., The 
     Washington Post Co., 1984-85; v.p., contr. Washington Post, 
     1985-86, v.p. mktg., 1986-87; v.p. fin., CFO The Washington 
     Post Co., 1987-89; pres. Newsweek mag., 1989-91; COO, The 
     Washington Post Co., 1991--, pres., 1993--; dir. Info, 
     Industry Assn., Washington, 1982-83, 88-89; bd. dirs., 
     trustee WETA-Pub. Broadcasting. 1986-92; bd. dirs. The Riggs 
     Nat. Bank of Washington, 1991-93, dir. Genome Scis., Inc. 
     (HGSI), (Rockville, MD), 1998. Dir. Norwood Sch., 1989-93, 
     chmn., 1993-95; dir Internat. Herald Tribune, 1991--, 
     Smithsonian Nat. Mus. Natural History, Wash. D.C. 1994--, Am. 
     Mgmt. Sys., Inc., Fairfax. VA, 1996--, Human Genome Scis. 
     Inc., Rockville, MD. 1998--. Recipient award for scholarship 
     and athletics Eastern Coll. Athletic Conf., and MIT, 1973. 
     Home: 7300 Loch Edin Ct, Potomac MD 20854-4835; Office: The 
     Washington Post Co, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, DC 20071-
     0002.
                                  ____


                          Sheila Evans Widnall

       Aeronautical educator, former secretary of the airforce, 
     aeronautical educator, former university official; b. Tacoma, 
     July 13, 1938; d. Rolland John and Genievieve Alice (Krause) 
     Evans; m. William Soule Widnall, June 11, 1960; children: 
     William, Ann. BS in Aero. and Astronautics, MIT, 1960, MS in 
     Aero. and Astronautics, 1961, DSc, 1964; PhD (hon.), New Eng. 
     Coll., 1975, Lawrence U., 1987, Cedar Crest Coll., 1988, 
     Smith Coll., 1990, Mt. Holyoke, Coll., 1991, Ill. Inst. 
     Tech., 1991, Columbia U., 1994, Simmons Coll., 1994, Suffolk 
     U., 1994, Princeton U., 1994. Asst. prof. aeros. and 
     astronautics MIT, Cambridge, 1964-70, assoc. prof., 1970-74, 
     prof., 1974-93, head divsn. fluid mechanics, 1975-79; dir. 
     Fluid Dynamics Rsch. Lab., MIT, Cambridge, 1979-90; chmn. 
     faculty MIT, Cambridge, 1979-80, chairperson com. on acad. 
     responsibility, 1991-92, assoc. provost, 1992-93; sec. USAF, 
     1993-97; prof. MIT, Cambridge, 1997--; trustee Sloan Found., 
     1998--; bd. dirs. Chemfab Inc., Bennington, VT., Aerospace 
     Corp., L.A., Draper Labs., Cambridge; past trustee Carnegie 
     Corp., 1984-92, Charles Stark Draper Lab. Inc.; mem. Carnegie 
     Commn. Sci., Tech. and Govt. Contbr. articles to profl. 
     jours.; patentee in field; assoc. editor AIAA Jour. Aircraft, 
     1972-75, Physics of Fluids, 1981-88, Jour. Applied Mechanics, 
     1983-87; emm. editorial bd. Sci., 1984-86. Bd. visitors USAF 
     Acad., Colorado Springs, Colo., 1978-84, bed. chairperson, 
     1980-82; trustee Boston Mus. Scie., 1989--. Recipient 
     Washburn award Boston Mus. Sci., 1987. Fellow AAAS (bd. dirs. 
     1982-89, pres. 1987-88, chmn. 1988-89), AIAA (bd. dirs. 1975-
     77, Lawrence Sperry award 1972, Durand Lectureship for Pub. 
     Svc. award 1996, pres.-elect 1999--), Am. Phys. Soc. (exec. 
     com. 1979-82); mem. ASME (Applied Mechs. award 1995, Pres. 
     award 1999), NAE (coun. 1992-93, v.p. 1998--), NAS (panel on 
     sci. responsibility), Am. Acad. Arts and Scis., Soc. Women 
     Engrs. (Outstanding Achievement award 1975), Internat. Acad. 
     Astronautics, Seattle Mountaineers. Office: MIT Bldg 33-411 
     77 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge MA 02139.

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