As the next stage in the development of the US and Canada JSPS Alumni Association, a Board of Directors was established with the main purposes of authorizing proposals for the Alumni Association submitted by the Secretariat (JSPS Washington Office); and providing the Secretariat with advice regarding alumni activities.

The present Board of Directors includes these individuals:

• Kohji Hirata, Director, JSPS Washington Office *
• Alan Tokunaga, Astronomer Emeritus, University of Hawaii
• Christopher Loretz, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo
• Dana Buntrock, Professor, Department of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley
• Lawrence T. Scott, Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno and Boston College

* Board of Directors Chair