Last updated on: 8/22/2008 | Author: ProCon.org

Walter F. Rowe, PhD Biography

Title:
Professor in the Department of Forensic Sciences at George Washington University
Position:
None Found to the question "Should the Death Penalty Be Allowed?"
Reasoning:

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No position found as of Aug. 13, 2008

Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to death penalty issues. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to death penalty issues.
Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Professor, Department of Forensic Sciences, George Washington University
  • Saferstein Memorial Lecturer, Barnett Institute, Northeastern University, 2000
  • Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center, Review Panel Member, National Institute of Justice, 1992-1997
  • Fellow, Criminalistic Section, American Academy of Forensic Sciences
  • Member, American Chemical Society
  • Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Member, Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists
  • Member, Association of Harvard Chemists
  • Member, Sigma Xi
  • Member, Editorial Board, The Journal of Forensic Sciences
  • National Science Foundation Fellowship, 1967-1969, 1971-1973
  • Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, 1967
Education:
  • PhD, Chemistry, Harvard University, 1976
  • AM (Master of Arts), Chemistry, Harvard University, 1968
  • BS, with highest honors, Chemistry, Emory University, 1967
Other:
  • None found
Quoted in:
  1. Has DNA Testing Led to Significant Improvements in the Criminal Justice System?