Membership
Michael J. Behe, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PennsylvaniaDonald T. DeMarco, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
St. Jerome's University
Waterloo, Ontario Robert L. Fastiggi, Ph.D.
Professor of Theology
Sacred Heart Seminary
Detroit, Michigan Raymond F. Gasser, Ph.D.
Professor of Human Embryology
LSU School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana David Hargroder, M.D.
Transplant Surgeon in Private Practice
Joplin, Missouri Chris Kahlenborn, M.D.
Internist
Allentown, Pennsylvania C. Ward Kischer, Ph.D.
Chairman of ABAC
Professor Emeritus of Human Embryology
University of Arizona School of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona Nicoleta E. Manciu, M.D.
Anesthesiologist
St. Paul, Minnesota Bernard N. Nathanson, M.D.
Obstetrician-Gynecologist
New York, New York Charles E. Rice, J.D.
Professor Emeritus of Law
Notre Dame University
Notre Dame, Indiana Philippe Schepens, M.D.
Surgeon
Belgium Frank E. Schmidt, M.D.
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
LSU School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana Thomas Warner, M.D.
Professor of Pathology
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin James T. Williams, M.D.
Family Practitioner
Washington, D.C.
Michael J. Behe, Ph.D., is a professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University. He was awarded his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Drexel University in Philadelphia and was awarded his doctoral degree for his dissertation research on sickle-cell disease. He did post-doctoral work on DNA structure at the NIH. He has authored over 40 technical papers and one book, Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution, which argues that living systems at the molecular level are best explained as being the result of deliberate intelligent design. The New York Times, Philosophy of Science, Christianity Today and over 100 other periodicals have reviewed Darwin's Black Box. He and his wife have eight children. Donald T. DeMarco, Ph.D., is a philosophy professor at St. Jerome's University in Waterloo, Ontario. He is a faculty member at Mater Ecclesiae in Wakefield, R.I.; Domus Mariae in Greenville, R.I.; and Pope John II Institute in Melbourne, Australia. He was awarded his bachelor's in general science and his bachelor's in philosophy from Stonehill College in North Easton, Mass. He studied theology in Rome at Gregorian University and was awarded his master's and doctoral degrees from St. John's University, Jamaica, New York. He is an editorial advisor for the Social Justice Review, Hearth and Canticle. He is on the board of advisors for the Ethical Educational Foundation. He is a member of the International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force and a contributing member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. He and his wife Mary have five children. Robert L. Fastiggi, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, Mich. He holds a bachelor's degree in Religion from Dartmouth College, a master's degree in theology from Fordham University and a doctoral degree in historical theology from Fordham University. He held a position as associate professor of religious studies at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, for nine years and has taught classes in medical ethics. He has published over 35 articles and book reviews. He and his wife Kathleen Marie have three children. Raymond F. Gasser, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy at Louisiana State University Health and Sciences Center. He was awarded his bachelor's degree in biology from Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., and his master's and doctoral degrees in anatomy from the University of Alabama Graduate School at the Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala. He has served as graduate faculty at LSUHSC for 33 years. Since 1994 Dr. Gasser has been an adjunct professor of obstetrics and gynecology. He is an associate editor of Clinical Anatomy and has received numerous grants delivered many lectures and presentations, as well as publishing extensively. David Hargroder, M.D., is a staff physician, a general surgeon and a transplant surgeon at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo. He was awarded his M.D. from Louisiana State University. He is currently a member of the National Federation of Catholic Physicians Guilds, the American Medical Association, the Southern Medical Society and the Oklahoma Transplant Society. He has appointments to the ethics committee and the trauma surgery QI committee at SJRMC. He has published several articles. He and his wife Angélique have three children. Chris Kahlenborn, M.D., is currently practicing medicine in Pennsylvania. He was awarded his doctorate from Pennsylvania State Medical University after completing his undergraduate degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York and Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. He has recently published a book, Breast Cancer: Its Link to Abortion and the Birth Control Pill. He has given numerous lectures and is knowledgeable in the following fields: breast cancer in black women, the medical and ethical aspects of artificial contraception, in vitro fertilization, and responding as a Christian to the chickenpox vaccine question. C. Ward Kischer, Ph.D., is chairman of the American Bioethics Advisory Commission. He has authored over 200 publications. He was awarded his master's and doctoral degrees in embryology from Iowa State University. He completed an NIH fellowship at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas, and joined the faculty in the Department of Anatomy at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. He then joined the Department of Anatomy at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson, Ariz., and retired in 1995 with emeritus status. Since 1989 he has devoted much of his time to exposing and correcting the misrepresentations of human embryology in current socio-legal issues. He and his wife have three children and four grandchildren. Nicoleta E. Manciu, M.D., pursued studies in medicine at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine and graduated in 1992. She completed her residency in anesthesiology in 1997. She is currently in private practice at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. Dr. Manciu is in the process of obtaining her master's degree in theology from Ave Maria's Institute of Pastoral Studies and expects to complete her studies in 2003. Dr. Manciu moved with her family to the United States from Romania in 1982. Dr. Manciu participates in medical missions helping the poor in numerous countries including Cambodia, Mexico, Brazil and her native Romania. Bernard N. Nathanson, M.D., is a clinical associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at New York Medical College. He holds a pre-med degree from Cornell University, an M.D. from McGill University Medical College and a master's in bioethics from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. He is a member of The American Medical Association. He has held the position of Director of Gynecology at the Hospital of Joint Diseases in New York, Chief of Obstetrical Service at St. Luke's Hospital Center in New York and numerous other hospital staff appointments. He has published extensively. Charles E. Rice, J.D., is Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Notre Dame Law School and a visiting law professor at the Ave Maria School of Law in Ann Arbor, Mich. He practiced law in New York and served for eight years as state vice chairman of the New York State Conservative Party. For twelve years Professor Rice was a member of the Education Appeal Board of the U.S. Department of Education. He has served as a consultant to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and is an editor of the American Journal of Jurisprudence. He is on the governing boards of Ave Maria School of Law, Franciscan University of Steubenville, and the Eternal Word Television Network. He is also chairman of the Center for Law and Justice International in Kentucky, and a director of the Thomas More Law Center in Ann Arbor. He has authored many books. He and his wife, Mary, have ten children. Philippe Schepens, M.D., is the general secretary of the World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, a position he has held since 1974. He received his medical post-graduate training in otolaryngology and general surgery in the U.K. and training in ear surgery at the Catholic University of Nijmegen, Holland. He is head of the Department of Otolaryngology and president of the Medical Ethical Committee of the General Hospital, at Ostend Belgium. Dr. Schepens is an official sworn expert to several courts of justice in Belgium. He has been President of the Belgian Pro-life Medical Association since 1988. He was appointed by His Holiness Pope John Paul II as a member of the executive board of the Pontifical Academy for Life in 1994, and was reconfirmed in this appointment in 2000. He and his wife Maria Pia have three sons and two daughters. Frank E. Schmidt, M.D., is Professor of Clinical Surgery at the Louisiana State University Health and Sciences Center and at Tulane University, School of Medicine. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., and an M.D. from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, La. He is a member of the American Medical Association and Vice Chairman for Surgery at the New Orleans Graduate Medical Assembly, a position he has held since 1977. He has published extensively. Dr. Schmidt and his wife, Sidonie, have six children. Thomas Warner, M.D., was awarded his bachelor's and master's degrees in pathology, and his M.D. in cell biology from the National University of Ireland in Galway. He is certified by the American Boards of Anatomic Pathology, Dermatopathology, and Immunopathology and holds a certification in morbid anatomy from the Royal College of Pathologists, London. He has been a Professor of Pathology at the University of Wisconsin since 1987 and an Affiliate Scientist at Wisconsin Regional Primate Center since 1983. Dr. Warner was the Director of the E.M. Unit at the University of Wisconsin for nine years and has published widely. Dr. Warner and his wife have three children. James T. Williams, M.D., currently works in private medical practice. He graduated from the University of Virginia with a bachelor's degree in classics and was awarded his M.D. from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. As chief resident at Georgetown University Department of Family Practice, he received the Chief Resident Leadership Award. He is a member of the Medical Society of Virginia, a staff physician at Potomac Hospital, Department of Family Practice in Woodbridge, Va., and a member of the American Medical Association. He and his wife, Jenny, have two daughters.
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