Douglas Gale

Objectives Higher education is not immune from the great transformations that define the late 20th century. The industrialized world is in transition from an economy based on large-scale manufacturing to one based on service dependent upon massive flows of information. Although the creation, collection, and dissemination of information and knowledge are at the heart of higher education, the value and role of the traditional academy are being questioned. This presentation considers the need to create an integrated and functional environment of electronic information and tools that can be delivered through a high-speed network to offices, classrooms, and other places of scholarly work used by members of the University community. In short, why are we doing this?

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Helping us find the answers is Douglas Gale, the Vice President for Information Systems and Services at George Washington University in Washington D.C. Doug was one of the original developers of the Internet, founding one of the first regional networks on the NSFNET and serving as NSFNET Program Director for two years. While NSFNET Program Director, Gale was responsible for the development of the first T3 national backbone. Earlier in his career, he was a tenured Professor in both Physics and Computer Science and currently serves on the Board of Directors of CREN and CAUSE.

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