Board of Trustees
John D. Barrow, D.Phil., FRS
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). Dr. 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. Dr. 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. Dr. 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.'
Paul C. Davies, Ph.D.
Theoretical physicist and cosmologist, and director of Beyond, a research center at Arizona State University devoted to the study of fundamental concepts in science. He previously held academic appointments at the universities of Cambridge, London, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Adelaide, before helping establish the Australian Centre for Astrobiology at Macquarie University in Sydney. His research has been in the fields of quantum gravity, black holes, and early-universe cosmology. More recently, he has worked in astrobiology on problems concerning the origin of life and the transfer of micro-organisms between planets. He has written or edited 32 books, the latest of which is The Eerie Silence: Are We Alone in the Universe? Previous well-known titles include: The Goldilocks Enigma: Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life?, The Mind of God, About Time, The Fifth Miracle, and How to Build a Time Machine. In addition, he has made and presented many television and radio documentaries that bring fundamental topics in science to a wider public. Dr. Davies received the 1995 Templeton Prize. He also serves as an advisor of the John Templeton Foundation.
Heather Templeton Dill
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. Heather taught history, government, and economics at Delaware County Christian School in Pennsylvania for six years, before relocating to Virginia in 2005. Heather currently resides in Charlottesville, Virginia, with her husband Jeff and their four sons.
David G. Myers, Ph.D.
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. Dr. 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, Ph.D.
Professor and director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics, Stony Brook University, and senior research scholar in the Becket Institute at St. Hugh's College, University of Oxford. Dr. Post is the president of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, founded in 2001. He received his Ph.D. in ethics from the University of Chicago Divinity School where he was an elected university fellow, a member of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion, and a preceptor in the Pritzker School of Medicine. Dr. Post is the author of seven scholarly books on agape love, as well as more than 140 articles in peer-reviewed journals representing the sciences, religion, and humanities. These include Science, The International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, The Hasting Center Report, Annals of Internal Medicine, The Journal of Religion, The American Journal of Psychiatry, The Journal of Value Inquiry, The Journal of American Academy of Religion, The Journal of Religious Ethics, and Lancet, among others.
Jeffrey P. Schloss, Ph.D.
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. Dr. 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, M.D.
Serves on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. Dr. 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. Dr. 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, CFA
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. Ms. 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, Ms. 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. Ms. 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.
Handly Templeton
Nephew of Sir John Templeton and son of Harvey Templeton, John's brother. Mr. Templeton has a B.A. from Florida State University. He has owned several businesses and worked in the financial industry as a stockbroker. Mr. Templeton has been retired since 1983. Currently, he manages a 501(c) 3 public garden in Winchester, Tennessee.
John M. Templeton, Jr., M.D.
Chairman and president of the John Templeton Foundation. Dr. Templeton directs all Foundation activities in pursuit of its mission to encourage progress in scientific and religious knowledge. He earned a bachelor's degree from Yale University and a medical degree from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Templeton was board certified in pediatric surgery and surgical critical care and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He has served as a board member of the American Trauma Society and as a president of its Pennsylvania division. He is a member of the Cradle of Liberty Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the board of trustees of Eastern University, the session for Proclamation Presbyterian Church, the American Medical Association, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and the International Association for the Surgery of Trauma & Surgical Intensive Care. He has published numerous papers in medical and professional journals and is the author of A Searcher's Life and Thrift and Generosity: The Joy of Giving.
Josephine (Pina) Templeton, M.D.
Born in Capri, Italy, Dr. 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, Dr. 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. Dr. 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. Dr. 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 Leauge and of The Salvation Army, and is active in her church, Proclamation Presbyterian Church. Dr. Templeton was honored by The Salvation Army in 2005, and was awarded, together with her husband John M. Templeton, Jr., M.D., the 2006 Heroes of Liberty Award by the National Liberty Museum.
Gail Zimmerman, Ph.D.
Chairman of the board of directors of Wyoming Financial (WERCS) in Casper, Wyoming, with offices in six states. Dr. 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.
