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Marye Anne Fox

Dr. Marye Anne Fox is the 12th Chancellor of North Carolina State University, the state's flagship science and technology university.

Before her appointment as Chancellor at NC State, Dr. Fox was the M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Regents Chair in Chemistry and Vice President for Research at the University of Texas at Austin.

As Vice President for Research, she was responsible for administrative support for research both on and off the campus at Austin. In 1996-97, this research enterprise included $246 million in sponsored research which extended over a broad range of university departments and interdisciplinary units.

Fox was born in Canton, Ohio and received her B.S. from Note Dame College and a Ph.D. degree from Dartmouth College, both in Chemistry. After a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Maryland, she joined the University of Texas at Austin in 1976.

Teaching: Professor Fox has taught courses in Chemistry ranging from lower division to advanced graduate levels. The University of Texas Magazine named her "Best of University of Texas Natural Science Faculty." In 1986, she won the Teaching Excellence Award in her college. In 1996, she won Sigma Xi's Monie A. Ferst Award in recognition of outstanding mentoring of graduate students. So far, 27 doctoral and 15 masters' degrees have been awarded under her guidance. At the national level, she is a frequent lecturer on science education reform and is currently President of the Association for Women in Science. She has served as co-chair of a National Science Foundation/National Science Board Taskforce on Graduate Education and has served on Texas, Louisiana, and National Research Council advisory panels for systemic improvement of K-12 science and mathematics education and teacher training. She now chairs the National Research Council Committee on Undergraduate Science Education.

Research: Professor Fox is one of the nation's most creative physical organic chemists having published extensively in organic photochemistry and electrochemistry. Her work has clear application in materials science, solar energy conversion, and environmental chemistry. She has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences (one of only four women in the Chemistry Section) and the American Philosophical Society, and is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. From the American Chemical Society, she has received the Garvan Award and the Southwest Regional Award, and has been named Arthur C. Cope Scholar. She has received international research awards in Spain, Holland, Germany, and Russia and was cited by Esquire Magazine as "Best of the New Generation." She has been a Sloan Research Fellow and a Deyfus Teacher Scholar and was named by the New York Academy of Sciences in 1999 as an Outstanding Woman in Science.

Service: Chancellor Fox currently serves on the Committee on Science Engineering and Public Policy of the National Research Council. She is also President of Sigma Xi -- The Scientific Research Society. She is chair-elect of the National Association of Land Grant Colleges and UniversitiesÍ Commission on Food, Environment and Renewable Resources. Dr. Fox was elected co-chair of the National Academy of SciencesÍ Council of Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable. She currently serves on the boards of W. R. Grace, Inc. and the Stanford Research Institute, and on scientific advisory boards for the Welch, Dreyfus, and Packard Foundations. In 1994-96 she served as Vice Chairman of the National Science Board and chaired its Committee on Programs and Plans from 1991-94. She served on the Texas Governor's Science and Technology Council as an advisor to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. She chaired the Chemistry Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and advises its Center for Science, Technology, and the Congress. She has served as a member of the Council (and the Executive Committee of the Council) of the National Academy of Sciences. She chairs the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology, and Science at NC State University and serves on the Board of Trustees (Ex Officio) for the National Institute of Statistical Science. She has served on 14 editorial boards, including a stint as associate editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

She also serves on numerous community advisory boards including the Rex Hospital Foundation, North Carolina Arboretum, Capital City Club, Microelectronics Center of North Carolina, Research Triangle Institute, Triangle University Center for Advanced Studies, Inc., Greater Triangle Regional Council, the North Carolina State Employees' Combined Campaign, Wake Technology Academy, Exploris Board of Advisors, Centennial Authority of the Entertainment and Sports Arena, The Healing Place of Wake County and North Carolinians Against Gun Violence Education Fund.

Family: The mother of three sons and two stepsons, Dr. Fox is the wife of Dr. James Whitesell, an NC State University Professor of Chemistry.