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POSITION: Assistant secretary for the office of educational research and improvement, Department of Education. AGE: 56 EDUCATION: East Carolina University, A.B. in psychology, 1966;

University of Illinois, M.A. in clinical psychology, 1968; University of Illinois, Ph.D. in child psychology, 1970 CAREER: Chair, department of psychology, and psychology and pediatrics

professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1970-2001; senior lecturer in psychology, University of New South Wales, 1984-86; vice president for academic affairs, Merrill-Palmer

Institute, Detroit, 1984-87; president, Applied Research Partners Inc., 1999-2001 OTHER SERVICE: Senior scientist, National Center for Learning Disabilities’ “Get Ready to Read "

early-literacy initiative, 2000-01; senior scientist, Public Library Association’s initiative on emergent literacy, 2000- 01; consultant, “Between the Lions,” PBS series, 1999; member,

Department of Health and Human Services’ statutory advisory committee on Head Start research and evaluation, 1999-present; member, National Science Foundation/Department of Education

Interagency Educational Research Initiative advisory committee, 1998; member, Education Department panel to synthesize research on family literacy, 1998-99; member, National Research Council

committee on early-childhood pedagogy, 1998-2000. PERSONAL: Born in Washington, N.C. Married to Janet Fischel, associate professor of pediatrics at State University of New York at Stony

Brook; two sons, ages 17 and 11.