Foreign Secretaries of the National Academies

Foreign Secretaries, elected by the membership of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine, serve as official representatives of each institution to counterpart science academies and other international organizations, such as the InterAcademy Panel, InterAcademy Medical Panel, InterAcademy Council, and International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences. A formal subcommittee of the National Research Council’s Governing Board, the Committee on International Programs, consists of the three Foreign Secretaries and serves as a focal point for international programs at the National Academies. Each Foreign Secretary serves as an ex officio member on the International Advisory Board and on committees of two of the six major divisions of the National Research Council, where they provide leadership and coordination on international programs and help draw on the full range of capabilities of program units in developing international activities.

Michael T. Clegg, Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Sciences
Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences
Department of Ecology & Evolution
University of California, Irvine

George Bugliarello, Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Engineering
President Emeritus and University Professor
Polytechnic University

David Challoner, Foreign Secretary, Institute of Medicine
Vice President for Health Affairs, Emeritus
Interim Chair, Department of Health Policy & Epidemiology
University of Florida