Steven C. Beering

• Member, FRA Board of Directors for Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
• President Emeritus, Purdue University

Dr. Steven C. Beering received B.S. and M.D. degrees from the University of Pittsburgh. Before becoming President of Purdue in 1983, he served for a decade as Dean of Medicine and Director of the Indiana University Medical Center. He holds appointments as professor of medicine at Indiana University and professor of pharmacology at Purdue University. He retired from the Purdue presidency in 2000.

He served on active duty with the USAF Medical Corps from May 1957 through June 1969, achieving the rank of Lt. Colonel.

Dr. Beering has held numerous national offices, including the chairmanship of the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Association of American Universities. He is a former regent of the National Library of Medicine.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Royal Society of Medicine, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and the Indiana Academy. He is an honorary member of the Society of Industrial Engineers.

He serves on a number of national and corporate boards, including NiSource Inc., Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, Inc., The Community Foundation of Northern Indiana, Marquis Who’s Who, the Universities Research Association, and the National Science Board, of which he was chairman for the past four years. He is a former director of Eli Lilly and Arvin. He is a Trustee of the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Beering is the recipient of numerous honorary doctorates including Purdue University, Indiana University, Notre Dame University and the University of Pittsburgh.