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CHAPTER SPONSORS FORUM ON TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

The University of Michigan Sigma Xi Chapter sponsored a forum entitled "Technology Transfer: The Fourth Mission of the University" at the University of Michigan Alumni Center on November 8, 1999. UM Vice-President for Research Fawwaz T. Ulaby opened the forum with a discussion of technology transfer at the University. He was followed by Marvin G. Parnes, Executive Director of the Division of Research Development and Administration and Interim Director of the Technology Management Office.

A panel of present and former faculty members at the University of Michigan discussed their experiences with technology transfer and management at the University. Panelists included Edna A. Coffin, Professor of Near Eastern Studies, James S. House, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute of Social Research, Richard H. Sands, Professor of Biophysics and Physics, and Jamey Weichert, Professor of Radiology at the University of Wisconsin and a former faculty member in the College of Pharmacy. President Emeritus Robben W. Fleming presented a summary of the forum, made observations based on his own experiences at the University of Michigan and at the University of Wisconsin and made concluding remarks.

President Emeritus Robben Fleming summarizes forum.