Kennedy believes that some of these incidents are symptoms of deeper problems facing university scientists - and science itself - in the United States, problems that range from widespread scientific illiteracy to increasing demands on researchers' time. And the 57-year-old biologist and university president has been concerned enough about these issues to become a peripatetic and tireless spokesman for science.
Stanford's president has a long history of both interest in science policy and ties to Stanford. He arrived at the university in 1960 as an assistant professor in the department of biological sciences and conducted research on the neurobiology of behavior for the next 17 years. Along the way, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, served as chairman of biological sciences and later of Stanford's human biology program, and established a reputation in national science policy circles. In 1976, he was a senior consultant to the federal ...
