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| PIONEERS OF SCIENCE |
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Lawrence D. Bell founded Bell Aircraft in Buffalo in 1935,
which later became Bell Aerospace. His company had over 20 aviation firsts
including America's first TurboJet, the first plane to break the sound
barrier, and the first commercially licensed helicopter. Mr. Bell was enshrined
in the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1977 and the International Aerospace
Hall of Fame in 2004. Today, his legacy and company continue to thrive
as Bell Helicopter-Textron, a world leader in helicopter manufacturing. |
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A graduate of the University at Buffalo, Erich Bloch is
a principal of the Washington Advisory Group and member of the President’s
Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He worked at IBM for over
30 years and is responsible for IBM's STRETCH Computer Systems Engineering
project and groundbreaking developments of the IBM 360. For these "developments
that revolutionized the computer industry", he was awarded the National
Medal of Technology in 1985. He served as Director of the National Science
Foundation from 1984-1990 and is a member of the U.S. National Academy
of Engineering. |
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Drs.
Edmund Egan and Bruce Holm developed the commercial surfactant-replacement
therapy Infasurf-Neonatal® which received drug approval from the
FDA in 1997. This therapy helped to reduce the mortality rate of prematurely
newborn infants from 90% in the 1960’s to approximately 5% in 2003.
They also hold patents for Infasurf-Adult® and a method for rapid
purification of surfactant proteins. Dr. Holm currently serves as Senior
Vice Provost at the University at Buffalo, Executive Director, New York
State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, and Professor
of Pediatrics, Pharmacology & Toxicology, and Obstetrics & Gynecology
at the University at Buffalo. Dr. Egan currently serves as Professor
of Physiology and Pediatrics at the University at Buffalo and is President & CEO
of ONY, Inc., the company that owns and manufactures Infasurf drugs.
Photos: Top, Dr. Edmund Egan,
bottom, Dr. Bruce Holm
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An internationally known physiologist, Dr. Claes Lundgren’s research focuses on diving physiology, breathing with diving equipment,
and the design and development of improved underwater breathing equipment.
He is curently working on creating artificial blood, which could help revolutionize
trauma care. Dr. Lundgren holds more than 100 patents, including one for
Nicorette® gum. He currently serves as a Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
and Director of the Center for Research and Education in Special Environments
at the University at Buffalo. |
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One of the founders of Moog, Inc., Mr. Moog was an inventor,
entrepreneur and business manager whose servovalves revolutionized aircraft
and missile flight controls. Today, Mr. Moog's servovalves continue to
be used in high-performance aircraft, satellites and launch vehicles, as
well as sophisticated industrialized machinery. His company, Moog, Inc.,
whose corporate headquarters are still located in Western New York, now
has facilities in over 24 countries, sales of over $700 million annually,
a workforce of over 4,000, and is known in every industrialized country
for making products that are considered the finest in the world. |
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Born and raised in Buffalo, Dr. Margaret Pericak-Vance currently
serves as the Director of the Duke Center for Human Genetics, James B.
Duke Professor of Medicine, and Chief, Section of Medical Genetics, Department
of Medicine at Duke University. Her research focuses on discovering genes
that cause disorders such as autism, Lou Gehrig's disease, Alzheimer's
disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and various muscular
dystrophies. She was inducted into the Western New York Women's Hall of
Fame in 2002 and elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2004. |
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A planetary astronomer, Dr. Clifford Stoll has helped design
optics and telescope mechanics for the Keck Observatory, built image-processing
software for the Hubble Space Telescope, and designed graphics systems
for the Asteroid Watch Camera project at the University of Arizona. He
has made outstanding contributions to our understanding of the uses and
abuses of the Internet, including three books: The Cuckoo's Egg, Silicon
Snake Oil -- Second Thoughts on the Information Highway, and High Tech
Heretic: Why Computers Don't Belong in Schools. Dr. Stoll grew up on the
north side of Buffalo and received his B.A. from the University at Buffalo. |
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Dr. Esther Takeuchi currently serves as Vice President of
Battery Research and Development at Wilson Greatbatch, Ltd. With over a
110 patents, her work ranges from fundamental research on electron transfer
at solid electrodes to the development of new chemistries for use as sources
of chemical energy in the development of components for medical devices.
Dr. Takeuchi was inducted into the Western New York Women's Hall of Fame
in 1998 and was elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological
Engineering in 1999 and the National Academy of Engineering in 2004 for
successfully developing batteries for implantable cardiac defibrillators
and cells to power implantable pacemakers. |
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