Admitted
1956, Illinois; 1979, District of Columbia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Law School
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, J.D., 1959 Awarded honorary LL.D., by University of Illinois, 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, B.S.C.E., 1953 Awarded honorary LL.D., by University of Il
Memberships
District of Columbia Bar; Illinois State, Federal and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Licensing Executive Society; Society of University Patent Administrators; Maryland Patent Law Association.
Biographical
Chi Epsilon. Recipient: Birch Award, Society of University Patent Administrators, for Development of Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, 1983; First Recipient, Vannevar Bush Award for Outstanding Contribution to the U.S.A. For Creating the Model for the Successful Public and Private Technology Partnerships, AFT2E, U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medal, 1985; Bronze Medal, for development of Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986. Author: Utilization of Government-Owned Health and Welfare Inventions, Journal of the Patent Office Society, November, 1965; A Win-Win Philosophy for Technology Management, Journal of the Association of University Technology Managers, Spring 1989. Guest Lecturer, Technology Transfer and Government Intellectual Property Policy, George Washington University Procurement Law, 1980—. Chairman, Subcommittee on University Patent Policy of the Federal Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, 1971-1978. Vice-Chairman, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property of the Federal Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, 1974-1978. Patent Counsel, Department of Health, Education and Welfare and National Institutes of Health, 1965-1980. Director, Office of Federal Technology Management, Department of Commerce, 1980-1987.