By 2010, the chemistry field will look very different if there are no jobs (here). |
Glenn is very strategic, and I think we were very fortunate to hire someone with his broad experience in the entire chemical enterprise. He's a diplomat, he's smart, he's an excellent manager, he gets along extremely well with our members in governance, and he knows his way around the halls of Congress and the executive branch. |
We basically have a crisis in this country with not enough of our own homegrown talent taking up science as a career and also just with basic science literacy. We have to get more funding for those areas that are going to provide basic research. All innovation eventually stems from basic research, and we have to advocate on behalf of policies that are going to really promote an environment in the U.S. for innovation, because that's going to keep us competitive. |