Dr Alun Jones, OBE

Career: sr student Cmmn for the Exhibition of 1851 1964-66, sr res fell UKAEA 1966-67, Lockheed Missiles and Space Co Calif 1967-70, tutor Open Univ 1971-82, dep ed Nature (Macmillan Journals) 1972-73 (joined 1971), BSC 1974-77, British Steel Overseas Services 1977-81, asst dir Tech Change Centre 1982-85, dir and sec Wolfson Fndn 1987-90 (dep dir 1986-87), chief exec Inst of Physics 1990-2002; BAAS: sec Working Pty on Social Concern and Biological Advances 1972-74, memb Section X Ctee 1981-92, memb Cncl 1999-2005, memb Exec Ctee 2001-05, memb Audit Ctee 2005-; Br Library: memb Advsy Cncl 1983-85, Document Supply Centre Advsy Ctee 1986-89; memb Cncl Nat Library of Wales 1987-94 (govr 1986-94), govr UCW Aberystwyth 1990-92 and 2002-05 (memb Cncl 2002-05), govr City Univ 1991-2000; dir Science Cncl (formerly Cncl for Science and Technol Inst) 1990-2002, assessor Science Bd SERC 1991-94, chm Registration Authy Science Cncl 2005-09; memb Cncl Assoc for Schs Science Engrg and Technol (formerly Standing Conf on Schs' Science and Technol) 1992-2000 (dep chm 1997-2000), govr Sir William Perkins's Sch Chertsey 2003-12 (chm 2005-12); fell Univ of Wales Aberystwyth 2000; fell American Physical Soc 2003; FInstP 1973, CDipAF 1977

Books and Publications: Our Future Inheritance: Choice or Chance (jtly, 1974)