The previous council comprised 16 academicians and 5 outside advisers.
His work is sanctioned by academicians and art theorists, who believe fervently in art's social and moral responsibilities and deplore its complicity in the culture industry.
McMahon's involvement, though, has provoked commentary from academicians and psychiatrists who question whether W.W.F.-style sexism, tastelessness and anything-goes violence will seep into its offshoot.
Ms. Chase worked with other intersex people, academicians and doctors to found an advocacy organization, the Intersex Society of North America, in 1993.
In past years, the compensation of the endowment's managers prompted controversy because some academicians and alumni viewed it as excessive in the context of an academic institution.
Dr. Berry's books and lectures inspired a devoted lineage of academicians and environmentalists to explore the interface of religion, human nature and ecology.
He is one of dozens of leading physicians, academicians and public-health experts who appear in "The Weight of the Nation".
"I watched him at a function in Orlando with educators ranging from classroom teachers to academicians, and he held his own at every level," Mr. Wise said.
The cyberspace task force included representatives from several technology companies, including I.B.M., Toshiba and Cisco Systems; technology experts from the United Federation of Teachers and the Board of Education; academicians; and financial consultants.
Feeling that American academicians and politicians were too focused on Europe and insufficiently aware of the influence of Asian, Islamic and Latin cultures on the United States, Mr. Schurmann began the Pacific News Service with Mr. Schell in 1970.
A trusted advisor to his clients and beloved mentor to so many lawyers, Mr. Robinson was respected and admired by both the U.S. and international legal communities, from members of Congress and the judiciary to academicians and colleagues.
