Roger Masters
After undergraduate studies at Harvard (A.B. 1955, summa cum laude) and two years of military service, he studied political philosophy with Leo Strauss at the University of Chicago (M.A.,1959 and Ph.D.,1961). After completing a doctoral dissertation on The Political Philosophy of Rousseau, he taught at Yale (1961-67) before joining the faculty of Dartmouth (where he continues as Research Professor of Government after retirement). His scholarly publications originally focused on the thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and translations of his writings and, more recently, the collaboration between Machiavelli and Leonardo da Vinci. Over the last 30 years, however, based on the realization that modern scientific advances are transforming our understanding of human nature, he has supplemented earlier interests with research on biological influences on human social and political behavior. In addition to theoretical concerns, this focus on the relationships between natural and cultural factors has increasingly centered on the effects of toxic chemicals on the human brain and behavior.
Myron Coplan
Myron J. Coplan is a senior chemical engineer who was Vice President of a major Chemical Engineering firm. In his career, his extensive experience has included work in the design of equipment for the separation of silicofluorides after the treatment of phosphate rock in the production of phosphate fertilizer (and weapons grade uranium).