Past/Present BoT
NEW JERSEY INVENTORS HALL of FAME
Board of Trustees and Committee Members since1987 Inception
Name | Company Affiliation | Type Member |
Abdi, Ali, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, NJIT | BoT |
Addeo, Eric | Bellcore | BoT - Inv.of Year |
Agostino, Joseph | Greenberg Traurig, LLP | BoT |
Albohn, Arthur, Hon. | NJ - Assemblyman - | BoT |
Anderson, Denise | NJIT - Director, Visibility & Marketing | BoT |
Asdal, Robert | The Hydraulic Institute | Selection Judge |
Aversenti, Candida | General Magnaplate -Pres. & COO | BoT |
Aversenti, Edmund | General Magnaplate - Exec. V.P. & COO | BoT |
Avery, Leslie | Sarnoff Corporation | V.P. 2006-2011 - Inv. of Year |
Bain, John N. | Law Firm - Senior Partner | BoT |
Baker, William O.,PhD | NJ Commission. Science. & Tech - Vice Chair. | BoT - Hall of Fame |
Ballen, Maxine | NJ Technology Council - President | BoT |
Bearison, Len | AT&T-Intellectual Property - Vice President | BoT |
Blekicki, Henry | NJIT - Exec. Dir. Economic Development | Selection Judge |
Blow, James H. Jr. | Newark Business Dev. Center - Project Director | Chairman - 1993-1994 |
Bowden, Murrae, PhD | Network Technologies - Bellcore-Assistant V. P. | BoT -Inv. Of Year |
Brandinger, Jay, PhD | NJ Comm. Science & Technology. - Assist. V. P. | BoT |
Buchalter, Gilbert | Pharmaceutical Innovations Inc.- President | BoT - Inv. of Year |
Burke, William J. | Sarnoff Corp -V.P. Intellectual Prop. & Licensing | BoT |
Caldwell, Carlyle, PhD | National Starch & Chem. Corp. - Chair. Exec. Comm. | BoT - Hall of Fame |
Carney, Richard | American Chemical Society | Selection Judge |
Carnes, James E., PhD | David Sarnoff Research Center - Pres. & COO | BoT |
Clarke, Gertrude, PhD | NJ Bus./Industry/ Sci. Ed.Consortium -Founder (1981) & Director (18 years) + Educator + Physicist (ret.) | Vice Pres. 2002-2005 President 2006-2011 |
Cohen, Edward | NJ Commission. Science. & Tech Exec. Director | Selection Judge |
Covino, Charles | General Magnaplate - Founder | Selection Judge |
Crosbie, John | NJ Comm. Sci. & Tech.-Assoc. Dir., Leg. /Pub. Affairs | Committee Chair |
Daghlian, John | R&D Council of New Jersey | BoT |
Dingwall, Andrew G. | David Sarnoff Research Center | Selec. Judge-Hall of Fame |
Dreyfus, Edward | REFAC Technology Dev. Corp. - Vice President | Executive Committee |
Dzuba, Charles | PSE&G Co. Metallurgical Engineer | BoT -Historian/Archivist |
Eisenberger, Peter | Princeton University-Director Materials Institute | BoT |
Falk, James Esq. | Darby & Darby | Selec. Judge-Hall of Fame |
Fenster, Saul K, PhD | NJIT - President | Co-Founder; Chairman - 1990, 1995-1996 |
Frazer, Alan | NJ Historical Society - former Curator | Selection Judge |
Garfield, David C. | Ingersol Rand Inc., President (ret.) | BoT |
Gasparik, Michael | Economic Development Corporation | Selection Judge |
George, Jeffery | AT&T - V.P., Intellectual Property Management | BoT |
Gerbauckas, Maryanne | Edison Museum | BoT |
Gilbert, Arlene | NJIT - V.P for Development | Secretary BoT |
Godfrey, Leonard | Univ. of Med. & Dent of NJ-Assoc. Dir. Patent Medicine | Selection Judge |
Goldberg, Edward, PhD | NJ Dept. Higher Education - Assistant Chancellor | Committee Co-Chair |
Goldfarb, Samuel | Princeton University - Professor & consulting engineer | BoT |
Gorham, Doug | IEEE | BoT |
Green, Howard | NJ Historical Commission. - Research Director | Selection Judge |
Greene, Michael Esq. | Intellectual Property - AT&T -V.P. | BoT |
Gussin, Robert K. | Johnson & Johnson - V.P. Sci. & Technologies | BoT |
Hassen, Paul | NJIT - Assoc. Director of Public Relations | Member |
Horovitz, Zola | Bristol-Myers-Squibb-V.P. Business Dev. & Plan. | Executive Committee |
Howarth, Charles | Liberty Science Center - President | Executive Committee |
Howell, Jeff | American Society of Microbiology - NJ Branch | Selection Judge |
Iovine, Carmine | National Starch & Chem Co. - V.P. Res. & Dev. | BoT |
Israel, Paul, PhD | Rutgers Univ. Dir. & Gen. Editor.-Edison Papers | Secretary BoT |
Janosz, David | Technology Educators Assoc. of NJ | BoT |
Jeffrey, Tom | Edison Papers - Microfilm Editor | Selection Judge |
John, Ricky, PhD | Board of Public Utilities | BoT |
Johnstone, Michael | Foster & Adoptive Family Services | BoT |
Kalisher, Sheila | National Society of Inventors | BoT |
Kamen, Melvin, PhD | Revlon Technologies - Exec. Vice President | BoT - Inv. of Year |
Kosonocky, Walter | NJIT - Distinguished. Prof. - Department Chair | Exec. Comm., Hall of Fame |
Kuo-Yann Lai | Colgate-Palmolive | Selec. Judge - Inv. of Year |
Kuznicki, Steven, PhD | Engelhard Corp. - Research Fellow | BoT - Inv. of Year |
LaPlante, Lauren | PSE&G | Selection Judge |
Lea, Michael Dr. | NJ Academy of Science - President | BoT |
Lechevalier, Hubert | Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers Univ. | Selec Judge- Hall of Fame |
Lee, Wooyoung | Mobil Chem. Co. - Manager Edison Research Lab | BoT |
Lemelson, Jerome | Lemelson Invention Co. | Advisory Chair, Hall of Fame |
Lewis, Peter | PSE&G - Manager - Research & Development | Selection Comm.Chair |
Luchak, George, PhD | Governor?s Scientific Advisory Committee -Chairman | BoT |
MacCracken, Calvin | Calmac Manufacturing Company - CEO | BoT - Hall of Fame |
Magoun, Alexander PhD. | Sarnoff Library - Exec. Director & Curator | BoT |
Mahoney, Jean | Princeton Univ. - office of Res. & Sponsored Programs | Selection Judge |
Makoujy, Anthony | R&D Council of New Jersey - Exec. Director | BoT |
Martinson, John H. | Edison Venture Fund - Managing Partner | BoT |
McNany, Eugene | Bellcore - Public Affairs Director | Executive Committee |
Millerand, Lucye | NJIT - Coordinator of Special Events | BoT-Treasurer: 1990-2002 |
Millet, Marcus | Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholtz & Melnik | BoT |
Milo, Joseph V. | Universal Valve Company - President | Comm. Chair-Inv. of Year |
Monaco, Mario | Merck & Co. - Director of Patents | Committee Chair |
Montague, Norma | NJIT - Office Manager | Member |
Olsen, Gregory | Sensors Unlimited - President | BoT - Inv. of Year |
Ondrick, Patricia | NJIT - Associate Vice Pres, University Advancement | Exec. Comm. & BoT |
Peacock, David | Stevens Inst. of Tech., Dir. Intellectual Prop Mgt. | BoT |
Persson, Gelorma | Little Silver Repair Center - owner | Committee Chair |
Pfefferle, William | Engelhard Corporation | Selection Judge |
Pincus, George | NJIT - NCE Dean | Selection Judge |
Pines, Seemon H., PhD | Merck & Co., Vice President | Advisory Chair |
Putnam, Borden R., Hon. | NJ Dept Comm., Energy & Econ. Dev.- Commissioner | BoT |
Ringel, Harriet | NJIT - Spec. Assist, for Univ. Advancement Programs | Member |
Roman, Harry | PSE&G, NJ & Soc. of Professional Engineers | Chairman 1997-2005; Inv. of Year |
Schepartz, Saul | UMDNJ. Robt. W. Johnson Med. School Assoc. V.P. | Selection Judge |
Schmerzler, Lawrence | National Society of Inventors - Professor | Selection Judge |
Schepartz, Saul | Univ. of Med. & Dent of NJ -Assoc. Vice Pres., I.R. | Selection Judge |
Selitto, Ralph W | Greenberg Traurig, LLP | BoT |
Silvetti, Brian | Calmac Manufacturing | Selection Judge |
Simon, William E. | WSGP International Inc. - Chairman | BoT |
Singley, Mark | American Society of Agricultural Engineers | Selection Judge |
Sinisgalli, Alan | Princeton University - Dir., Research & Projects Adm. | Selection Judge |
Smith, Amelia Neznec, PhD | NJ Academy. of Science - President | BoT |
Speer, Raymond | NJ Patent Law Association | Selection Judge |
Sperber, Philip | Refac International - Law/Invention - President | Co-Founder; Chairman - 1989 |
Stricker, Roger Esq. | Lucent Technologies - V.P. Intellectual Property | BoT |
Sumner, Eric | Institute of Elect. & Electron. Engineers - President | Chairman - 1991-1992 |
Szymanski, Chester, PhD | Unilever Research U.S. Inc. - Pres. & CEO | BoT |
Tai-Ming Chu | NJIT | Selection Judge |
Thornton, William | Prime Color Inc.- President | Committee Chair |
Tselos, George | National Park Service - Edison Papers | Selection Judge |
Weber, Roy | AT&T Bell Laboratories | Selec.Judge -Hall of Fame |
Westphal, Fred | NJ State Chamber of Commerce - President | BoT |
Whittaker, Edward, PhD | Stevens Institute of Technology - Professor | BoT |
Wilson, Susan, PhD | Colgate-Palmolive Co.-World Wide Manager, Environ. Affairs | Vice Chair - Inv. Of Year |
Wittman, Wayne | PSE&G | BoT |
Wong, Michael, M.D. | Princeton Eye Group - Ophtalmologist | BoT - Innovator |
York, Otto | York Industries | Selection Judge |

