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The Foundation is governed by a twelve-member Board of Trustees, several of whom are members of the Templeton family. The Trustees are guided by the charter and bylaws written by Sir John Templeton.

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Denis R. Alexander Go to top

Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion and Fellow of St. Edmund's College, Cambridge. He was previously Chair of the Molecular Immunology Programme and Head of the Laboratory of Lymphocyte Signalling and Development at The Babraham Institute, Cambridge. Alexander was an open scholar at Oxford University where he read biochemistry before undertaking a Ph.D. in neurochemistry at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London.

Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion and Fellow of St. Edmund's College, Cambridge. He was previously Chair of the Molecular Immunology Programme and Head of the Laboratory of Lymphocyte Signalling and Development at The Babraham Institute, Cambridge. Alexander was an open scholar at Oxford University where he read biochemistry before undertaking a Ph.D. in neurochemistry at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London. Alexander has published numerous articles and reviews, particularly in his research field of cancer and immunology, most recently in the New England Journal of Medicine (2008).  He is the editor of the journal, Science & Christian Belief, serves on the committee of Christians in Science, and lectures widely on the subject of science and faith. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book Rebuilding the Matrix - Science and Faith in the 21st Century (Oxford: Lion, 2001) which provides a general overview of the science-religion debate. More recently he has edited Can We Know Anything? Science, Faith and Postmodernity (Leicester: Apollos, 2005), co-authored (with Bob White FRS) Beyond Belief – Science, Faith and Ethical Challenges (Oxford: Lion, 2004), and published Creation or Evolution – Do We Have to Choose? (Oxford: Monarch, 2008; 3rd printing March 2009).

John D. Barrow Go to top

Director of the Millennium Mathematics Project, professor of mathematical sciences at the University of Cambridge, and Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London (2008-2011). Barrow was Gresham Professor of Astronomy from 2003-7 and is the only person other than Laurence Rooke, in 1657, to hold Gresham chairs in two different subjects. He graduated in mathematics from Durham University and received his doctorate in astrophysics from the University of Oxford, supervised by Dennis Sciama.

Director of the Millennium Mathematics Project, professor of mathematical sciences at the University of Cambridge, and Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London (2008-2011). Barrow was Gresham Professor of Astronomy from 2003-7 and is the only person other than Laurence Rooke, in 1657, to hold Gresham chairs in two different subjects. He graduated in mathematics from Durham University and received his doctorate in astrophysics from the University of Oxford, supervised by Dennis Sciama. Barrow held positions at the Universities of Oxford and California at Berkeley before taking up a position at the Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex in 1981. He was professor of astronomy and then director of the Astronomy Centre at the University of Sussex until 1999. Barrow delivered the 1989 Gifford Lectures and is a recipient of the Locker Prize for Astronomy, the 1999 Kelvin Medal of the Royal Glasgow Philosophical Society, the 2002 Premi Ubu for theatre, the 2003 Italgas Prize, the 2005 Lacchini Prize for Astronomy, the 2006 Templeton Prize, the 2008 Faraday Medal of the Royal Society, and honorary degrees from the universities of Hertfordshire, Durham, and Szczecin. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 2003, and is also fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. He is the author of more than 430 scientific papers on gravitation, cosmology and astrophysics, as well as 20 books, translated into 28 languages, which explore many of the wider historical, philosophical and cultural ramifications of developments in astronomy, physics, and mathematics and the author of the award-winning stage play, 'Infinities.'

Heather Templeton Dill Go to top

A graduate of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana with a bachelor's degree in history and a concentration in public policy. She holds a master's degree in American history from Villanova University. Dill taught history, government, and economics at Delaware County Christian School in Pennsylvania for six years, before relocating to Virginia in 2005. Dill currently resides in Charlottesville, Virginia, with her husband Jeff and their four sons.

A graduate of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana with a bachelor's degree in history and a concentration in public policy. She holds a master's degree in American history from Villanova University. Dill taught history, government, and economics at Delaware County Christian School in Pennsylvania for six years, before relocating to Virginia in 2005. Dill currently resides in Charlottesville, Virginia, with her husband Jeff and their four sons.

David G. Myers Go to top

Professor of psychology at Hope College, Michigan. His scientific writings, supported by National Science Foundation grants and fellowships and recognized by the Gordon Allport Prize, have appeared in three dozen academic periodicals, including Science, American Scientist, American Psychologist, and Psychological Science.

Professor of psychology at Hope College, Michigan. His scientific writings, supported by National Science Foundation grants and fellowships and recognized by the Gordon Allport Prize, have appeared in three dozen academic periodicals, including Science, American Scientist, American Psychologist, and Psychological Science. Myers also has digested psychological research for the public through articles in some four dozen magazines, from Scientific American to Christian Century, and through seventeen books, including textbooks for introductory and social psychology, and general audience books, including A Friendly Letter to Skeptics and Atheists: Musings on Why God is Good and Faith Isn't Evil.

Stephen G. Post Go to top

Professor of preventive medicine and director/founder of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at Stony Brook University. Post is a senior fellow in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University, a senior scholar for the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, and an elected fellow in the College of Physicians of Philadelphia for “distinguished contributions to medicine.

Professor of preventive medicine and director/founder of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at Stony Brook University. Post is a senior fellow in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University, a senior scholar for the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, and an elected fellow in the College of Physicians of Philadelphia for “distinguished contributions to medicine.

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” He is an elected member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Panel of Alzheimer's Disease International, and was recognized for “distinguished service” by the Association’s National Board. Post is a leader in the study of altruism, compassionate health care, and love in the integrative context of scientific research, health care outcomes, philosophy, and religious thought. He completed his Ph.D. on the relationship between self-giving love/altruism and happiness at the University of Chicago, where he was an elected university fellow, a preceptor in the Pritzker School of Medicine, and a fellow in the Martin E. Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion. He is founder and president of The Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, which was founded with a generous grant from the Templeton Foundation in 2001.

Jeffrey P. Schloss Go to top

Distinguished professor of biology and director of the Center for Faith, Ethics, and the Life Sciences at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He received his Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology from Washington University and has taught at the University of Michigan, Wheaton College, and Jaguar Creek Tropical Research Center. Schloss has been awarded a Danforth Fellow, AAAS Mass Media Fellow, and a Crosson Fellow.

Distinguished professor of biology and director of the Center for Faith, Ethics, and the Life Sciences at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He received his Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology from Washington University and has taught at the University of Michigan, Wheaton College, and Jaguar Creek Tropical Research Center. Schloss has been awarded a Danforth Fellow, AAAS Mass Media Fellow, and a Crosson Fellow. His two-fold interests are in the ecophysiology of poikilohydric regulation and the implications of evolutionary theory for our understanding of religion, altruism, and human nature. Recent collaborative projects include Altruism and Altruistic Love: Science, Philosophy, and Religion in Dialogue (with Stephen Post, et al, 2002, Oxford); Evolution and Ethics: Human Morality in Biological and Religious Perspective (with Philip Clayton, 2004, Eerdmans), and The Believing Primate: Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Reflections on the Origin of Religion (with Michael Murray, 2009, Oxford).

John W. Schott Go to top

Serves on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. Schott received his bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University (summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He did a medical internship at the Mayo Graduate School at the University of Minnesota and completed psychiatry training at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center. He is also a graduate of the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute and Society. His major area of research is in behavioral finance with special interest in the relationship between personality and investment decisions.

Serves on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. Schott received his bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University (summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He did a medical internship at the Mayo Graduate School at the University of Minnesota and completed psychiatry training at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center. He is also a graduate of the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute and Society. His major area of research is in behavioral finance with special interest in the relationship between personality and investment decisions. Schott is the author of two books and numerous articles and papers. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Behavioral Finance. Currently, he is a portfolio manager and director of Steinberg Global Asset Management based in Boston, MA and Boca Raton, FL and the publisher of The Schott Letter, a newsletter about psychology and the stock market.

Jane M. Siebels Go to top

Founder, chairwoman and CIO of Green Cay Asset Management, and director of Accion International, a nonprofit microfinance organization, iGivingWorld, a social network for philanthropists and First Trust Bank. Siebels formed Green Cay Asset Management in 1997, an investment firm which oversees $300 million in assets for institutions and high net worth individuals. From 1990-1996, she was senior vice president and portfolio manager at Templeton, Galbraith, & Hansberger, one of the world's leading investment advisory firms.

Founder, chairwoman and CIO of Green Cay Asset Management, and director of Accion International, a nonprofit microfinance organization, iGivingWorld, a social network for philanthropists and First Trust Bank. Siebels formed Green Cay Asset Management in 1997, an investment firm which oversees $300 million in assets for institutions and high net worth individuals. From 1990-1996, she was senior vice president and portfolio manager at Templeton, Galbraith, & Hansberger, one of the world's leading investment advisory firms. Previously, Siebels was head of Institutional Equity Management at Union Bank of Switzerland in Zurich and managed global equity and bond assets for Storebrand International in Oslo, Norway. She was also charter director of the Genesis Emerging Market Fund and the Genesis Chile Fund. Siebels, under a Rotary fellowship, studied international economics at the doctoral level at the Wirtschaftsuniversitat Wien in Vienna, Austria, and the Hochschule St. Gallen, Switzerland. She holds an M.A. in international management from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) and a B.B.A. in business administration, with majors in finance and marketing, from the University of Iowa.

Dr. Jack Templeton Go to top

John M. Templeton, Jr. (Jack) has been actively involved in the Foundation since its inception in 1987.  He retired from his medical practice in 1995. He directs all of the Foundation's activities and works closely with the Foundation's staff, Trustees, and Board of Advisors.

John M. Templeton, Jr. (Jack) has been actively involved in the Foundation since its inception in 1987.  He retired from his medical practice in 1995. He directs all of the Foundation's activities and works closely with the Foundation's staff, Trustees, and Board of Advisors.

A graduate of Yale University, he earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed his internship and residency in surgery at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond and subsequently trained in pediatric surgery under Dr. C. Everett Koop at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. After serving two years in the U.S. Navy, he returned to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in 1977, where he served on the staff as pediatric surgeon and trauma program director. He also served as professor of pediatric surgery at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Templeton was board certified in pediatric surgery and surgical critical care and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He serves as Vice Chairman of the American Trauma Society and as a president of its Pennsylvania division. He has published numerous papers in medical and professional journals, in addition to two books, Thrift and Generosity: The Joy of Giving (2004) and A Searcher's Life (2008).

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Josephine (Pina) Templeton Go to top

Born in Capri, Italy, Templeton attended Fordham University and the University of Rome Medical School. She completed an internship and a residency in pediatrics at the Medical College of Virginia and a residency in general anesthesia at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1977, Templeton began a private practice in pediatric anesthesia at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and was appointed to the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania.

Born in Capri, Italy, Templeton attended Fordham University and the University of Rome Medical School. She completed an internship and a residency in pediatrics at the Medical College of Virginia and a residency in general anesthesia at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1977, Templeton began a private practice in pediatric anesthesia at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and was appointed to the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. Templeton’s tenure as a Senior Clinical Anesthesiologist at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia ended in 1999 when she retired from the active practice of medicine. Templeton has served on the boards of Opportunity International and the Opera Company of Philadelphia. She presently serves as a trustee of the Scholarship Committee of the Union League of Philadelphia. She also serves on the Ladies’ Committee of the Union League and of The Salvation Army, and is active in her church, Proclamation Presbyterian Church. Templeton was honored by The Salvation Army in 2005, and was awarded, together with her husband John M. Templeton, Jr., the 2006 Heroes of Liberty Award by the National Liberty Museum.

Harvey M. Templeton, III Go to top

Born in Sewanee, Tennessee, Templeton graduated from the University of the South and the University of Tennessee Law School. During his professional career, he served as a staff attorney in the legal department of the Tennessee Department of Transportation, as assistant secretary and then secretary of Hiwassee Land Company and East Highlands Company (wholly owned subsidiaries of Bowater Incorporated), and as assistant secretary of Bowater Incorporated. Since 1995, Templeton has been in the private practice of law. He has served as secretary of the Foundation since its inception.

Born in Sewanee, Tennessee, Templeton graduated from the University of the South and the University of Tennessee Law School. During his professional career, he served as a staff attorney in the legal department of the Tennessee Department of Transportation, as assistant secretary and then secretary of Hiwassee Land Company and East Highlands Company (wholly owned subsidiaries of Bowater Incorporated), and as assistant secretary of Bowater Incorporated. Since 1995, Templeton has been in the private practice of law. He has served as secretary of the Foundation since its inception.

Gail Zimmerman Go to top

Chairman of the board of directors of Wyoming Financial (WERCS) in Casper, Wyoming, with offices in six states. Zimmerman is a retired professor of physiology and microbiology and author of several articles on the physiology of hibernation. He also served for 14 years in the Wyoming State Legislature, holds securities licenses, and is active in the securities business. He serves on the Foundation's executive committee and is chair of the finance committee.

Chairman of the board of directors of Wyoming Financial (WERCS) in Casper, Wyoming, with offices in six states. Zimmerman is a retired professor of physiology and microbiology and author of several articles on the physiology of hibernation. He also served for 14 years in the Wyoming State Legislature, holds securities licenses, and is active in the securities business. He serves on the Foundation's executive committee and is chair of the finance committee.

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