White House Photos and an Announcement of a New Commission
The White House presents a Photo of the Day including a video of the President announcing the Health Reform Bill Senate vote, a picture of Bo, the family dog inside a police cruiser, the Obamas dancing together at the Hall of Mirrors, Grand Hotel, Oslo; a picture of close aide Reggie Love tossing a football to the President (unseen in the photo); and the first couple seen from inside the White House waiting for the arrival of the Indian Prime Minister and his wife. Finally, Mrs. Obama and her daughters accept the gift of the trees destined for the White House Holidays decorations. There are also photographs from a Fiesta Latina.
On the site, too, is the President Proclamation establishing the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues with Amy Gutmann to serve as Chair and James W. Wagner to serve as Vice Chair of the Commission:
The President’s Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues will advise the President on bioethical issues that may emerge from advances in biomedicine and related areas of science and technology. The Commission will work with the goal of identifying and promoting policies and practices that ensure scientific research, health care delivery, and technological innovation are conducted in an ethically responsible manner.
The Chair and Vice Chair have been named and other member announcements will follow:
Amy Gutmann, Chair, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
Dr. Amy Gutmann – a distinguished political scientist, philosopher, and scholar of ethics and public policy – currently serves as president of the University of Pennsylvania. She is also the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the School of Arts and Sciences and holds secondary appointments in communications, education, and philosophy. Prior to her appointment as the University of Pennsylvania’s president in 2004, Dr. Gutmann served as Provost at Princeton University, where she was also the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics. At Princeton, she was the founding Director of the University Center for Human Values – a leading multi-disciplinary center that fosters greater research and discourse on ethics and human values. Dr. Gutmann has authored and edited 15 books and has published more than 100 articles, essays, and book chapters. She is a founding member of the Association of Practical and Professional Ethics, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Vanguard Corporation, and the Board of Trustees of the National Constitution Center. She received her B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard-Radcliffe College, M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and Ph.D. from Harvard University.
James W. Wagner, Vice Chair, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
James W. Wagner currently serves as the President of Emory University, where he has championed the role of ethics in the mission of the University by significantly enhancing the prominence of Emory’s university-wide Center for Ethics and including ethical engagement as one of the six pillars of the University’s strategic vision. Dr. Wagner previously served as Provost, University Vice President, and Interim President of Case Western Reserve University. Prior to that, he was Dean and Professor of Materials Science at the Case School of Engineering from 1998 to 2000. His academic career began at The Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering as Professor of Materials Science and Engineering with a secondary appointment in Biomedical Engineering. He ultimately chaired the Johns Hopkins Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering. Before becoming a professor, Dr. Wagner worked for nearly a decade as a researcher for the Food and Drug Administration Center for Devices and Radiological Health where he developed quality-assurance methods and performed failure analyses on medical devices. Dr. Wagner has authored more than 115 professional publications, and was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009. He holds a B.A. in electrical engineering from the University of Delaware, an M.A. in clinical engineering from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from The Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering.
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