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CHAIRMAN

Edmund D. Pellegrino , M.D. - chairman (2005-present)

Leon R. Kass , M.D., Ph.D. - chairman (2001-2005)

CURRENT MEMBERS

Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D. - chairman (2005-present)

Ben Carson , M.D.

Rebecca S. Dresser , J.D., M.S.

Daniel W. Foster , M.D.

Michael S. Gazzaniga , Ph.D.

Robert P. George , J.D., D.Phil

Alfonso Gómez-Lobo , Dr. Phil.

Leon R. Kass , M.D., Ph.D.

William B. Hurlbut , M.D.

Charles Krauthammer , M.D.

Peter Augustine Lawler , Ph.D.

Paul McHugh , M.D.

Gilbert C. Meilaender , Ph.D.

Janet D. Rowley , M.D.

Diana J. Schaub , Ph.D.

FORMER MEMBERS

Elizabeth H. Blackburn , Ph.D. (2002-2004)

Stephen Carter , J.D. (2002)

Francis Fukuyama , Ph.D. (2002-2005)

Mary Ann Glendon , J.D., M.Comp.L. (2002-2005)

William F. May , Ph.D. (2002-2004)

Michael J. Sandel , D.Phil. (2002-2005)

James Q. Wilson , Ph.D. (2002-2005)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

F. Daniel Davis , Ph.D. - executive director (2005-present)

COUNCIL STAFF AND CONSULTANTS

Marti Patchell - special assistant to the chairman

Tonia Busse - staff assistant

Eric Cohen - senior research consultant

Judith Crawford - administrative director

Diane M. Gianelli - director of communications

Ginger Gruters - staff assistant

Emily Jones - executive administrator

Richard Roblin , Ph.D. - scientific director

Adam Schulman - senior research consultant

FORMER COUNCIL STAFF

Dean Clancy - executive director (2001-2004)

Yuval Levin - executive director (2004-2005)

Richard Roblin, Ph.D. - scientific director (2001-2005), acting executive director (2005)

O. Carter Snead - general counsel (2003-2005)

REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS

Taking Care: Ethical Caregiving in Our Aging Society (2005)

White Paper: Alternative Sources of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells (2005)

Reproduction and Responsibility: The Regulation of New Biotechnologies (2004)

Monitoring Stem Cell Research (2004)

Being Human: Readings from the President's Council on Bioethics (2003)

Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness (2003)

Human Cloning and Human Dignity (2002)

SEE ALSO

Biotechnology

Cloning

Stem-cell Research

EXTERNAL LINKS

The President's Council on Bioethics

Council Reports and Publications

REFERENCES

¹ The executive order that established the Council and defined its goals and powers.