Joseph C. Salamone received his Ph.D. in Chemistry/ Polymer Science from the Polytechnic University (formerly the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn) in 1967 under Professor Charles G. Overberger. He was a National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England, from 1966 to 1967. During 1967 to 1970 he was at the University of Michigan, again with Professor Overberger, where he was a Horace H. Rackham Postdoctoral Fellow and Administrative Secretary of the Macromolecular Research Center. In 1970, he joined the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and helped develop the Polymer Science Program. In 1972 he was appointed Associate Professor, was elected Chairman of the Department of Chemistry in 1975, and named as Professor in 1976. His research interests have included the synthesis of new monomers and polymers and the solution properties of unusual ionic polymers. He is the author of over 160 publications and co-editor of two books, Catalysis - A Key to Advances in Applied Polymer Science, ACS Books, 1992, and Contemporary Topics in Polymer Science (volume 7), Advances in New Materials, Plenum Press, 1992. At the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, he continued in the Administration and was appointed Acting Dean of the College of Pure and Applied Science in 1978. From 1980 to 1984 he was appointed the Dean of the College of Science, Chairman of the Council of Deans, and a member of the President’s Cabinet. In 1984 he was also made Distinguished Research Fellow, and in 1989 he received the honorary title of Professor Emeritus. At the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, he was a Visiting Professor in 1988 and 1990. Polytechnic University named him a Distinguished Alumnus in 1984, and Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, presented him with the Kyoto University Medal in 1984. For the American Biographical Institute, Inc., he has been a Contributing Member of the Honorary Educational Advisory Board. Professor Salamone has also been active in professional organizations. From 1974 to 1978 he was the Treasurer of the Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc., of the American Chemical Society, Vice Chairman in 1980, Chairman-Elect in 1981, and Chairman in 1982. He was a founding member of the Pacific Polymer Federation, where he served as a Council Member from 1987 to 1995, Secretary/Treasurer from 1987 to 1990 and President from 1993 to 1995. Professor Salamone has served on a number of advisory boards of scientific publications in chemistry and polymer science and he has also organized major meetings in the polymer field. He has served on several award committees of the American Chemical Society, and has received the Outstanding Large Division Award for the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc. in 1982 for his tenure as Chairman. The ACS Polymer Division has also presented him with the Distinguished Service Award in 1985 and the 40th Anniversary Special Division Service Award in 1991. Professor Salamone has also been active in entrepreneurial activities, primarily in biomedical materials in ophthalmology and in skin care. He was a founder and Director of Polymer Technology Corporation for the development of rigid gas-permeable contact lenses and related solutions, and is a founder, Director, and Vice President of Rochal Industries for the development of oxygen-permeable, nonstinging, skin protection systems, and a founder, Director, and President of Optimers, Inc., for the development of novel hydrogel contact lens materials. He is also active in the development of novel intraocular lenses, anterior chamber refractive lenses, and solutions for related surgical procedures. Less