FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 10, 2003
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Siedow Elected to ORAU Board of Directors
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. –James N. Siedow, Vice Provost for Research and Professor of Biology at Duke University, was elected to the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Board of Directors at the 58th annual meeting of the ORAU Council of Sponsoring Institutions in Atlanta, Georgia. The board manages the property and affairs of ORAU for its membership.
Established in 1946, ORAU is a consortium of 88 doctoral-granting colleges and universities that carries out active programs with and for its members. These include efforts to increase member university involvement in corporate work initiatives, programs that facilitate interactions between senior industrial scientists and faculty and students at member institutions, and awards to junior faculty members at member universities.
Prior to his current position, Siedow was the Dean of Faculty Development, Arts and Sciences at Duke University from 1997 to 1999. He currently serves on the UT-Battelle Board of Governors for Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the boards of the North Carolina Biotechnology Center and the Research Triangle Institute.
Siedow has held positions in the American Society of Plant Physiologists such as President, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Public Affairs Committee, and Secretary. He received the British Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Senior Faculty Fellowship in 1997, Distinguished Service Award from the Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Physiologists in 1992, and Trinity College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award in 1984.
Siedow earned his doctorate from Indiana University and bachelor’s degree with high honors from the University of Texas at Austin.
A private, not-for-profit corporation, ORAU also manages and operates the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) for the U.S. Department of Energy. ORISE focuses on scientific initiatives to research health risks from occupational hazards, assess environmental cleanup, respond to radiation medical emergencies, support national security and emergency preparedness, and educate the next generation of scientists.