Mary L. Good is an educator, researcher, manager of research and development, and a distinguished spokesperson for research and development policy. In addition to her academic role, Dr. Good is the managing member for Venture Capital Investors, LLC, a group of Arkansas business leaders who expect to foster economic growth in the area through the opportunistic support of technology-based enterprises.
Dr. Good has been vastly influential in government, serving as Under Secretary for Technology for the Technology Administration in the Department of Commerce for four years; chairing the National Science and Technology Council's Committee on Technological Innovation (NSTC/CTI), and serving on the NSTC Committee on National Security. In 1980, Dr. Good was appointed to the National Science Board by President Carter and again by President Reagan in 1986. She was Chairman of that Board from 1988 until 1991, when she received an appointment from President Bush to become a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
Dr. Good received her B.S. in chemistry from the University of Central Arkansas and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in inorganic chemistry from the University of Arkansas. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering, a past president of the American Chemical Society, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the American Institute of Chemists and the Royal Society of Chemistry. She received the National Science Foundation's Distinguished Public Service Award, the American Association for the Advancement of Science Award, the American Institute of Chemists' Gold Medal, and was chosen Scientist of the Year by Industrial Research and Development magazine, among other honors. In 1997, she received the Priestly medal from the American Chemical Society, the highest award given by the association.
Information as of 1998