Whittaker appointed State Department Science Fellow

A professor of physics/engineering physics at Stevens Institute of Technology, Dr. Edward A. Whittaker, has received a Fellowship assignment within the US Department of State, to be funded by the department. Whittaker will serve as an American Institute of Physics (AIP) State Department Science Fellow for the 2003-2004 Fellowship term.

Whittaker will be working for the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DTC), Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, all of which reports to the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. DTC is responsible for granting export licenses for all technology classified as “military”; Whittaker will advise this group on science and technology issues.

“Ed Whittaker has our well-deserved congratulations on attaining this highly important advisory role,” said Stevens President, Dr. Harold J. Raveche. “Ed’s work as an AIP Fellow will bring him into contact with a wide range of corporate and academic research and development leaders across the country. Ed’s wise counsel and thoughtful concerns will benefit the nation at large and Stevens Institute of Technology.”

“The primary purpose of our State Department Fellowship is to enable scientists to learn about the US foreign policy process, and how they can contribute to that process,” said Marc H. Brodsky, Executive Director and CEO of the AIP. “We hope that, at the end of Ed’s term, he will share what he has learned with others in the scientific community.”

While a Fellow, Whittaker’s obligation is to the State Department bureau or office in which he chooses to work. He will act as an independent agent, and not as a representative of AIP. While he is welcome to speak with AIP staff at any time, no reports or contacts with AIP are required. He is free, however, to provide feedback on the program and to inform the AIP of any matters of special interest.

AIP’s only requirement of Whittaker is that he attend the two-week orientation in September for incoming Fellows, sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AIP runs its Fellowships under the auspices of the AAAS Fellowship programs, and Whittaker will therefore also be a member of the 2003-2004 class of AAAS Fellows.

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