Case Western Reserve University Provost John Anderson to be inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Case alumnus William F. Baker, CEO of New York Public Television, also to be installed
October 6, 2005 | For more information: Laura M. Massie (216)-368-4442
John
L. Anderson, provost and university vice president at Case Western Reserve University, will be inducted into the 225th class of fellows of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences on Saturday, Oct. 8, in Cambridge, Mass. In addition, William
F. Baker, chief executive of New York Public Television and triple alumnus of Case, will be inducted into the academy the same evening.
Prior to becoming Case's provost and university vice president in April 2004, Anderson served as dean of Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering, where he also spent 28 years as a professor, director and chair of the departments of biomedical engineering and chemical engineering. He also served on the faculty at Cornell University. In addition to his duties as provost, the university's chief academic officer, Anderson holds an appointment as professor of chemical engineering at the Case School of Engineering.
Anderson served as a member and co-chair of the Board of Chemical Sciences and Technology at the National Research Council (NRC) from 1996 to 2001. He recently co-chaired the NRC-sponsored workshop on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: National Security and Homeland Defense, and is chair of the current NRC study on Existing and Potential Standoff Explosives Detection Techniques, which was published earlier this year.
Accomplishments during his tenure as dean of Carnegie Mellon's College of Engineering include a national focus on diversity with 30 percent of faculty hired in the past five years of his service being women and minority engineers, establishment of the department of biomedical engineering and the Institute for Complex Engineered Systems, an increase in the number of endowed chairs in engineering from five to 29, expansion of the national alumni network, and significant improvements in teaching and research facilities.
Anderson, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, has chaired the NAE Section for chemical engineering and also is a fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering.
With a career that spans more than 30 years in the industry, Baker has taken a leading role in helping to shape American broadcasting in both the commercial and public sectors. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees, including a doctorate, from Case and has been head of New York Public Television for 18 years. Under Baker's leadership, Thirteen/WNET created the national nightly CHARLIE ROSE discussion program, the Peabody and Emmy award-winning New York series CITY ARTS, and its affiliate cultural cable channel MetroArts/Thirteen. He previously served a dual role as president of Westinghouse Television and chairman of Group W Satellite Communications. Beginning his broadcasting career while still a student at Case, Baker has held a variety of programming and general management positions in radio and television in Cleveland, Baltimore, Los Angeles and New York.
The 196 fellows and 17 foreign honorary members who make the Academy's 225th class are leaders in scholarship business, the arts and public affairs. They come from 26 states and 10 countries and include Nobel and Pulitzer Prize laureates, MacArthur and Guggenheim fellows.
"The Academy takes pride in honoring the accomplishments of these outstanding and influential individuals," said Academy President Patricia Meyer Spacks. "Throughout history, Fellows of the Academy have been dedicated to advancing intellectual though and constructive action in America and the world. We are confident that our newest group of Fellows will help us fulfill that mission in significant ways."
In addition to Anderson and Baker, other inductees include former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw; Ann Moore, chairman and CEO of Time Inc.; physicist and Nobel laureate Eric Cornell; poet Susan Stewart; Donald Graham, chairman and CEO of the Washington Post Company; Horton Foote, an Academy Award-winning screenwriter; and Steven Squyers, the principal investigator for the Mars Exploration Rovers.
About Case Western Reserve University
Case is among the nation's leading research institutions. Founded in 1826
and shaped by the unique merger of the Case Institute of Technology and Western
Reserve University, Case is distinguished by its strengths in education, research,
service, and experiential learning. Located in Cleveland, Case offers nationally
recognized programs in the Arts and Sciences, Dental Medicine, Engineering,
Law, Management, Medicine, Nursing, and Social Work. http://www.case.edu.
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