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B.A. Newcomb College, Tulane University; Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Honorary doctorates from University of Maryland, and Tulane University. Former Vice President for Research, University of Michigan and President Emerita, Radcliffe College, Harvard University.

Linda has contributed long service on national committees in the United States addressing research and development, and university-industry-government relationships. She has extensive experience on governing boards of non-profit and for-profit organizations and served as a member of the ICANN Board of Directors from its founding in 1998 until 2003. Currently, she is a member of: Board of Administrators, Tulane University; Board of Directors, Tulane Murphy Foundation; Board of Directors, Myriad Genetics, Inc.; Board of Advisors for College of Letters and Sciences, University of Wisconsin; Dean’s Advisory Council, Newcomb College; Board of Trustees, Committee on Economic Development; and Board of Directors, Friends of DaPonte String Quartet (www.DaPonte.org ). She is an Elected Member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences; Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science; and member of the American Chemical Society.

As the previous Chair of the ICANN Nominating Committee, Linda is a non-voting member of the 2004 Nominating Committee, serving as Advisor.