George named to bioethics council
Princeton NJ -- President Bush has named Princeton politics professor Robert George to the newly created President's Council on Bioethics.
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Robert George
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The council will advise the president on key moral issues, such as embryonic stem cell research and cloning. Its 18 members, all appointed by the president, include eminent scientists, philosophers and other scholars.
George is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton. A graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard Law School, he holds a doctorate in legal philosophy from Oxford University.
George has served as a presidential appointee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and is a former Judicial Fellow at the U.S. Supreme Court, where he received the Justice Tom C. Clark Award. He is the author of many books and articles, including "In Defense of Natural Law" and, most recently, "The Clash of Orthodoxies: Law, Morality and Religion in Crisis."
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February 4, 2002
Vol. 91, No. 14
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Contents
In the news
• Appiah and Haxby named senior faculty members
• King remembered
• Study challenges theories about effects of pollution
Faculty
• New history book highlights connections between cultures
• George named to bioethics council
• Artist draws inspiration for children's books from scientists
People
• Peter McDonough promoted to general counsel
• Bowen to step down as health services director
• Service set for longtime chapel dean
• Former health services director dies
• Docents share knowledge, build friendships at museum
• Spotlight, staff obit
• Briefs
Sections
• Board approves operating budget for 2002-03
• By the numbers: CPUC
• Nassau Notes
• Calendar of events
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