Scientist, National Radio Show Host to Deliver Next President’s Lecture

Scientist, National Radio Show Host to Deliver Next President’sLecture

BY DANA DURBIN
Rice News Staff
November 11, 1999

Scientist and radio show host Moira Gunn will bring her unique insights to the Rice community for the second talk in the 1999-2000 President’s Lecture Series.

Gunn will speak on “Technology 2000” on Wednesday, Nov. 17, at 8 p.m. in the Grand Hall of Rice Memorial Center.

As the host of “Tech Nation … Americans & Technology,” Gunn interviews guests who represent the past, present and future of technology and its impact on our lives.

The program has been syndicated on National Public Radio since 1993 and is distributed twice weekly worldwide by Armed Forces Radio International. She has interviewed such notables as Buzz Aldrin, Carl Sagan, Ralph Nader, David Attenborough and Sir Edmund Hillary as well as corporate CEOs, technology pioneers, scientists, educators, environmentalists, futurists, watchdog reporters and others.

In more than 400 interviews, her background as a NASA engineer and scientist and her experience in business and education have enabled her to draw unique insights about her guests and about America today.

Gunn’s most recent article, titled “TechnoPreneur … Solo Today, Global Tomorrow,” describes the exploding home-based business phenomenon driven by computer and communications technology. “Tech Nation” received the Tom Donohue Award for Best Public Affairs Program of 1995.

A former NASA scientist and engineer, Gunn is an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco. She holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University. She served as a member of the Awards Selection Committee for the Space Technology Hall of Fame and is a member of the board of directors of the Tech Museum of Innovation.

No tickets will be needed for admission to the lecture. Seating will begin at 7 p.m. A limited number of reserved seats will be available for Rice students. To gain admission to the special section, students must show Rice identification. After 7:45 p.m., any unoccupied seats remaining in the student section will be released.

For more information about the lecture call (713) 527-6093 or e-mail sjd@rice.edu.