IMPACT No. 86

1. Henry M. Morris is the Founder and Director of the Institute for Creation Research. He has a B.S. degree from Rice University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota, majoring in engineering hydraulics and hydrology, minoring in geology and mathematics. He has served on the faculties of Rice University, University of Minnesota,

University of Southwestern Louisiana and Southern Illinois University. From 1957 to 1970 he was Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In 1970 he helped to found Christian Heritage College, where he served as Professor of Apologetics and Academic Vice President until 1978, and then as President from 1978 to 1980. He was one of the ten founding members of the Creation Research Society, serving later as its president for five years. He is author of six books in hydraulics/hydrology, and 24 books in creationism/Bible/apologetics.

2. Duane T. Gish is Associate Director of ICR, as well as Adjunct Professor of Natural Science at Christian Heritage College. He has the B.S. in Chemistry from UCLA and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of California (Berkeley). He served on post-doctoral research appointments at Berkeley and Cornell, and then for many years as a research biochemist with the Upjohn Company in Michigan. He also was one of the founding members of the Creation Research Society, where he met Dr. Morris, whom he later joined in San Diego in 1971. He is author of the popular ICR books Evolution: The Fossils Say No and Dinosaurs: Those Terrible Lizards, as well as numerous other papers and books.

3. Richard B. Bliss serves as Director of Curriculum Development for ICR, as well as Head of the Education Department at Christian Heritage College. He has the B.S. in Biology, as well as an M.S., from the University of Wisconsin, along with a doctorate in Science Education from the University of Sarasota. He spent over 23 years in high school science teaching, as well as serving as an adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin. He was Director of Science Education for the outstanding Racine, Wisconsin, Unified School District before joining ICR in 1976. He is author or co-author of several of ICR's published modules for teaching the two-model approach to origins in the schools.

4. Harold S. Slusher is Head of the Physical Sciences Department (comprising both Geophysics and Physics/Math majors) at Christian Heritage College as well as Research Associate in Geophysics and Astronomy at ICR. He also holds a joint appointment on the physics faculty at the University of Texas (El Paso), where he has served as Director of the university's seismic observatory. He has the B.S. from the University of Tennessee, the M.S. (Geophysics) from the University of Oklahoma, and has completed residence work for the Ph.D. He holds an honorary D.Sc. from Indiana Christian University. He is a Director of the Creation Research Society and served as co-editor of its biology textbook. He is author or co-author of five ICR Technical Monographs.

5. Gary E. Parker is Research Associate in Bioscience with ICR as well as Professor of Biology at Christian Heritage College. He has the A.B. degree in Biology from Wabash College, and the M.S. and Ed.D. degrees from Ball State University. He is author of five widely used programmed-learning biology textbooks and has served on the biology faculties at Eastern Baptist College and Dordt College. He is author or co-author of several ICR booklets and teaching modules, and has completed the manuscript for a college-level biology textbook, which is being published in topical installments. He also serves as Director of the ICR Museum of Creation and Earth History.

6. Kenneth B. Cumming is Academic Vice-President, Head of the Department of Biological Sciences at Christian Heritage College, as well as Research Associate in Biology and Ecology at the Institute for Creation Research. He holds degrees from Tufts and Harvard in Biology and the Ph.D. in Ecology from Harvard University. He has been on the faculties at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and the University of Wisconsin, as well as holding a number of important governmental positions, most recently as Chief of Program Operations in the Office of Biological Services in Washington, D.C. He is author of numerous technical articles.

7. Steven A. Austin is Research Associate in Geology with ICR, as well as Associate Professor of Geology at Christian Heritage College. He has the B.S. from the University of Washington, M.S. from San Jose State University and Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University, all in geology. He has published several articles in professional geological journals, as well as numerous papers on scientific creationism. He is a specialist in the geology of coal, and has established a coal research laboratory at the Institute for Creation Research.

8. Theodore W. Rybka is Associate Professor in Physics and Mathematics at Christian Heritage College, as well as Research Associate in Physics with the Institute for Creation Research. He has the B.S. in Physics from the University of British Columbia, the M.S. in Nuclear Physics from the University of Saskatchewan and the Ph.D. in Solid State Physics from the University of Oklahoma. He has published several technical articles in professional physics journals.

9. John D. Morris is Field Scientist for ICR, as well as Associate Professor in Earth Science and Apologetics for Christian Heritage College. He has the B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, the M.S. and Ph.D. in Geological Engineering from the University of Oklahoma. He worked several years as an engineer for the City of Los Angeles, and has taught at Oklahoma University. He was in charge of ICR's research expeditions to Mount Ararat in search of Noah's Ark, and has made extensive field studies of the Paluxy River footprints in Texas. He is author of three ICR books, Adventure on Ararat, The Ark on Ararat, and Tracking Those Incredible Dinosaurs.

1. Benjamin L. Aaron is Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC, as well as Associate Professor of Surgery at the University. Dr. Aaron is a graduate of the University of Missouri, received his M.D. from the University of Texas and has held post-doctoral fellowships at the Medical College of Virginia and the University of Alabama. He had a distinguished career in the Medical Services of the U.S. Navy, retiring with the rank of Captain, and is Past Governor of the American College of Chest Physicians. Address is George Washington University Medical Center, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20037.

2. Thomas G. Barnes is Professor of Physics at the University of Texas (El Paso) and serves frequently as Visiting Lecturer in Physics at Christian Heritage College. He is a Director and former President of the Creation Research Society. Author of an excellent college textbook in electricity and magnetism, as well as numerous research papers, he is also widely known as author of the ICR Technical Monograph, Origin and Destiny of the Earth's Magnetic Field. He has the M.S. degree from Brown University and D.Sc. from Hardin Simmons. For many years he was Director of the Schellenger Research Laboratories. Mailing address is 2115 N. Kansas Street, El Paso, Texas 79902.

3. William J. Bauer is President of the Bauer Engineering Company of Chicago, which has designed many of the major engineering systems in Chicago and around the world. He has a Ph.D. in Hydraulics from the University of Iowa and is author of numerous technical papers. He is a frequent and effective speaker on scientific creationism. Address is 20 N. Wacker Dr., Chicago, Illinois 60606.

4. Edward Blick is Professor of Aerospace, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at the University of Oklahoma and formerly Associate Dean of Engineering there. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Science from Oklahoma University, and has published many important research papers in the fields of aerodynamics and biomechanics. Dr. Blick is co-author of the textbook Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer. He is also author of a widely distributed booklet on scientific creationism and the Bible. Address is 7006 Lago Ranchero Dr., Norman, Oklahoma 73071.

5. David R. Boylan is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Iowa State University and has served as Director of Iowa State's Engineering Research Institute. His B.S. is from the University of Kansas and his Ph.D. from Iowa State University. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Creation Research Society and also serves on the Board of Regents of Christian Heritage College. He is a distinguished engineering teacher, practitioner and administrator. Mailing address is 1516 Stafford, Ames, Iowa 50010.

6. Malcolm Cutchins is Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Auburn University, where he has twice won Auburn's Outstanding Faculty Award. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and has authored many excellent research papers. He was recognized by the journal Industrial Research for "developing one of the 100 most significant new technical products of 1973." (701 Sanders, Auburn, Alabama 36830.)

7. Donald B. DeYoung is Chairman of the Department of Physical Sciences at Grace College in Indiana. He served one year (while on sabbatical) at Christian Heritage College, as Visiting Professor of Physics and is now ICR's Midwest Regional Representative. His Ph.D. is from Iowa State University. He is co-author of an excellent creationist astronomy reference book The Origin of the Moon, as well as a number of ICR "Impact" articles. Address is 1111 Ranch Road, Warsaw, Indiana 46580.

8. Donald Hamann is Professor of Food Technology at North Carolina State University. He received his Ph.D. in 1967 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and has served on the Agricultural Engineering faculties at South Dakota State University and Virginia Tech. He holds several patents in his field and has published many papers. He has organized a group of scientists in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area known as TASC (Triangle Association for Scientific Creation). (4205 Weaver Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27609)

9. Harold R. Henry is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Civil and Mining Engineering at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He has degrees from Georgia Tech and the University of Iowa, as well as a Ph.D. in Fluid Mechanics from Columbia University. He has served on the faculties at Georgia Tech, Columbia and Michigan State University. Mailing address is 9 Lenora Drive, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401.

10. Joseph Henson is Head of the Science Division at Bob Jones University in South Carolina. As a biologist, he is also very active in Christian camping ministries, as well as speaking in creation seminars and debates. His Ph.D. in Entomology was received from Clemson University in 1967. Address is 109 Twinbrook Drive, Greenville, South Carolina 29607.

11. Lane P. Lester is now an Associate Professor of Biology at Liberty Baptist College in Virginia, also serving as ICR's Southeast Regional Representative. He has the Ph.D. in Genetics from Purdue University and has served on the biology faculties at the University of Tennessee (Chattanooga) and Christian Heritage College. Also, he spent a year on the writing faculty of the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study Center at the University of Colorado. Address is 413 Woodland Circle, Lynchburg, Virginia 24502.

12. David N. Menton is Associate Professor of Anatomy at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. His Ph.D. degree (Biology) was received from Brown University in 1966, with a B.S. from Mankato State University in 1959. He has authored over 18 technical publications in professional journals and received the American Academy of Dermatology's Silver Award for Original Investigation. He is a member of Sigma Xi and various scientific societies. He has also been a leader in the Missouri Association for Scientific Creation. Address is 11 S. Tealbrook Dr., St. Louis, Missouri 63141.

13. John R. Meyer has degrees in Bible and Chemistry and received his Ph.D. in Zoology from the State University of Iowa. He served as a Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Colorado and as Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Louisville Medical School. He is now Professor of Biology at Los Angeles Baptist College and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Creation Research Society. Mailing address is 27117 Langside Avenue, Canyon Country, California 91351.

14. John N. Moore is Professor of Natural Science at Michigan State University, where he received his M.S. (Biology) and Ed.D. degrees. He has authored several booklets and articles on creationism and served as editor of the Creation Research Society biology textbook. He is a Director of the CRS and has spent many years as Managing Editor of its Quarterly. He has also spent a sabbatical at Christian Heritage College and been a faculty member in several ICR Summer Institutes on Scientific Creationism. Address is 1158 Marigold Avenue, East Lansing, Michigan 48823.

15. Jean Sloat Morton holds five degrees from three institutions, District of Columbia Teachers' College, American University and George Washington University. Her Ph.D. from George Washington is in Cellular Studies, with her dissertation at Washington's Smithsonian Institution. She has taught biology at American University and George Washington University, and has served as a consultant in microbiology. She is author of an outstanding book Science in the Bible (Moody, 1978) and has written numerous science instructional units for various grade levels. Address is P.O. Box 597, Picayune, Mississippi 39466.