Dr. Steven C. Beering

Medicine and Higher Education

B.S., University of Pittsburgh, 1954
M.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1958

Dr. Steven C. Beering was born in Berlin, Germany, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1953. He earned his B.S. and M.D. degrees at the University of Pittsburgh. From 1983 to 2000, he served as president of Purdue University and the Purdue University Research Foundation. He became president emeritus in 2000 and continues to serve as director of the Purdue Research Foundation. He also holds appointments as professor of medicinal chemistry and molecular pharmacology at Purdue and as professor of medicine at Indiana University.

Before coming to Purdue, Beering was Dean of Medicine and Director of the Indiana University Medical Center for 10 years. He has held numerous national offices, including chairmanship of the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Association of American Universities. He is a former regent of the National Library of Medicine.

Beering serves on a number of national and corporate boards, including American United Life Insurance Company, Eli Lilly and Company, and NiSource Inc. He is a Trustee of the University of Pittsburgh.

Beering is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Royal Society of Medicine, and a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the Indiana Academy.

Dr. Beering was renominated to National Science Board by President Bush on September 23, 2004. He is currently serving as consultant to the National Science Board pending Senate confirmation.