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“If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves,” said Thomas A. Edison. He is absolutely correct. The difference between “good” and “great” is the ability to recognize and nurture the potential in our best and brightest minds. In fact, some of the most brilliant minds didn’t know what they were capable of until someone else helped them see it.

“CEE’s Research Science Institute program was one of the first places that confronted me with serious and rigorous challenges that expanded my mind and elevated the expectations I would eventually envision for myself,” said Dr. Steven Fein, Hematologist/Oncologist at the Miami Cancer Institute (FL).

“[CEE’s] USA Biology Olympiad (USABO) was the initial place where I was pushed to learn science at a really challenging pace and intensity level,” said Kelley Harris (USABO ’03, RSI ‘04), Ph.D. and a recipient of a $500,000 Burroughs Wellcome Fund grant.

“Coming from Louisiana, it was an opportunity to see real science for the first time.” Richard Simon (RSI ’86) Sr. Mgr. IT at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, one of the leading architecture and engineering firms in the world.

I cannot predict who will find the scientific cure for cancer, the mathematical formula for faster-than-light travel, or the swarm robotics engineering for mining and agriculture. But I can tell you that CEE programs create opportunities to cultivate young scholars who will make what seems impossible today, possible tomorrow.

President’s Message

Joann DiGennaro, President

CEE’S HISTORYMISSION

The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) nurtures high school and university scholars to careers of excellence and lead-ership in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and encourages collaboration between and among lead-ers in the global community.

IMPACT

CEE’s programs challenge students and assist them on a long-term basis to become creators, inventors, scientists and leaders of the 21st century. CEE has contributed to the scientific leadership of this country since its founding in 1983 by the late Admiral H.G. Rickover, Father of the Nuclear Navy and civilian use for nuclear power, and Joann DiGennaro, CEE’s President. CEE refers to alumni as “Rickoids” in fond honor of the late Admiral H.G.Rickover.

PROGRAMS

CEE programs are nationally and internationally recognized for providing opportunities to some of the world’s greatest young minds. The programs are funded with the assistance of institu-tions, foundations, corporations, government agencies, and indi-viduals who share a commitment to educational excellence. CEEsponsors the Research Science Institute (RSI), BioUnlimited (BIOU), USA Biology Olympiad (USABO), the Department of Defense Research Laboratories Internships, and the Teacher En-richment Program (TEP).

All CEE programs are offered at no cost to student andteacher participants.

INTERNATIONAL

CEE’s international footprint has reached more than 55 nations with the Research Science Institute modeled in Bulgaria, China, India, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Singapore.

Daniel Lee (RSI ’85) is the UPS Foundation Chair Professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his B.A. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from MIT.

Abdulaziz Al-Falih (RSI ’05) is management consultant withMcKinsey & Company. He earned his BS in chemical engineering from MIT and his MBA at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

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Feng Zhang (RSI ’99), Ph.D, pioneer of the revolutionary CRISPR gene-editing technology, was awarded the $500K 2017 Lemelson-MIT Prize, the largest cash prize for invention in the US.

Molly Peeples (RSI ’00) is an Astronomer at Space Telescope Science Institute where she is working on how galaxies evolve. She focuses on the origin and fate of the heavy elements and the physics of the circumgalactic medium.

Kannan Soundararajan (RSI ’89) is professor of mathematics at Stanford University. His research focuses on Analytical Number theory, especially L-functions and multiplicative number theory.

Melissa Graebner (RSI ’88) is associate professor in the Department of Management at the University of Texas, McCombs School of Business. Her research interests include corporate governance, entrepreneurship, mergers and acquisitions and strategic decision making.

Alec Resnick (RSI ‘03), Director and Co-Founder of XQ - The Super School Project. XQ was featured in USA Today with the video, “Should high school be more like the real world? These innovators think so.” Watch: http://usat.ly/2lWuh3f

Alexander Clark (RSI ’99) is founder and CEO of Technolutions Slate, a leading technology solution for higher education admissions and advancement used by more than 650 colleges and universities.

Dr. Lauren Ancel Meyers (RSI ’90) was presented with CEE’s prestigious Lieberman Award for Excellence in Science and Technology. She is a Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin.

RSI ’16 alumni William Yin (CT), Kathy Liu (UT), and Nishita Sinha (NJ) were selected as Davidson Fellows, earning college scholarships up to $25,000.

Chairman’s Message

Mel Chaskin, Chairman

ALUMNI HIGHLIGHTS

Center for Excellence in EducationStatements of Financial Position

December 31, 2016 2015

AssetsCurrent assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 133,168 $ 78,877 Accounts receivable 8,232 95,289 Prepaid expenses - 10,837

Total current assets 141,400 185,003

Cash - board designated 100,290 100,190

Investments - board designated 3,229,928 2,310,807

Investment in real estate, net - 281,526

Property and equipment, net 3,159 482

Deferred compensation assets 50,736 53,053

Total assets $ 3,525,513 $ 2,931,061

Liabilities and Net AssetsLiabilities Current liabilities Accounts payable $ 14,847 $ 3,688 Accrued expenses 127,391 116,629 Deferred revenue 9,206 17,560 Deferred rent 6,443 2,815

Total current liabilities 157,887 140,692

Deferred rent, net of current portion 54,065 60,508Deferred compensation obligation 50,736 53,053

Total liabilities 262,688 254,253

Net assets Unrestricted 3,162,825 2,576,808 Temporarily restricted 100,000 100,000

Total net assets 3,262,825 2,676,808

Total liabilities and net assets $ 3,525,513 $ 2,931,061

ASSETS & LIABILITIES

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REVENUE & EXPENSESCenter for Excellence in Education

Statements of Activities and Changes in Net Assets

Year Ended December 31, 2016

Temporarily Unrestricted Restricted Total

Revenue Contributions $ 1,053,314 $ - $ 1,053,314 In-kind contributions 378,615 - 378,615 Grants 130,000 - 130,000 Program service revenue 1,231,813 - 1,231,813 Interest income on savings 100 - 100 Investment income 202,428 - 202,428 Gain on sale of investment real estate 108,749 - 108,749 Other revenue 179,929 - 179,929

Total revenue 3,284,948 - 3,284,948

Expenses Program services Research Science Institute 1,262,910 - 1,262,910 BIO-Olympiad 392,201 - 392,201 Teacher Enrichment Program 413,996 - 413,996 CEE Advisory & Consultancy 245,504 - 245,504

Total program services 2,314,611 - 2,314,611

Supporting services Administration 186,857 - 186,857 Fundraising 197,463 - 197,463

Total supporting services 384,320 - 384,320

Total expenses 2,698,931 - 2,698,931

Changes in net assets 586,017 - 586,017

Net assets, beginning of year 2,576,808 100,000 2,676,808

Net assets, end of year $ 3,162,825 $ 100,000 $ 3,262,825

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CEE’S PROGRAMS

RESEARCH SCIENCE INSTITUTE

The Research Science Institute (RSI) is recognized as the most prestigious international summer research program in the world for high school students. Approximately80 students (50 from the United States and 30 from other countries) are selected to participate in the six-week intensive STEM program. RSI is jointly sponsored by CEE and MIT on the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded by Admiral H.G. Rickover and CEE President Joann P. DiGennaro, the Institute is administered by Executive Vice President Maite P. Ballestero. To date, more than 2,800 young scholars, representing all U.S. states and more than 55 nations, have attended the acclaimed program. The RSI is free of cost to all young scholars selected to attend.

TEACHER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

The Teacher Enrichment Program (TEP) provides opportunities for middle school and high school teachers to connect with leading experts from industry andacademia to explore cutting-edge research and development and make meaningful professional links with direct benefits for them and their students. TEP programming is currently available to teachers in California, Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. The Center collaborates with community colleges, universities, corporations, state agencies, and STEM education representatives committed to improving STEM teaching and learning. All TEP resources and professional development events are cost-free to participants. More than 2,235 teachers from 1,060 schools have participated.

DOD INTERSHIP

CEE partners with the Department of Defense (DoD) to place CEE alumni from the RSI and USABO programs in science, technology, engineering, and math(STEM) internships in DoD Research Laboratories throughout the U.S. CEE receives applications from RSI and USABO program alumni who attend top-tiercolleges and universities. Ten students were successfully placed in DoD Laboratories in the inaugural year andwere challenged with pioneering research and cutting-edge lab work carried out in the DoD Labs.

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BIOUNLIMITED

BioUnlimited is CEE’s umbrella lifescience enterprise, featuring the highly successful USA Biology Olympiad(USABO) and the newly formed BioSTEM Clubs.

USABO

CEE’s USABO is the premiere biology competition for U.S. high school students. The Olympiad enriches the life science education of nearly 10,000 talentedstudents annually by providing the motivation, curricular resources, and skills training to take them beyond theirclassroom experience to the level of international com-petitiveness. After two rounds of challenging exams, twenty finalists are invited to a two week residential train-ing program. Ultimately, four students are competitively chosen to represent the USA at the InternationalBiology Olympiad (IBO), a worldwide competition in-volving student teams from more than 60 countries. Ev-ery member of Team USA has medaled at the IBO since first competing in 2003. In 2017, Team USA earned four Gold Medals and the coveted #1 Team in the World.

BioSTEM Clubs

BioSTEM Clubs are secondary schoolbased groups that are open to all students to discover their STEM potential. They are not merely biology clubs; they are interdis-ciplinary experiences across fields like biotechnology, biomedical engineering, and computational biology. Through extensive partnerships with STEM organiza-tions, libraries, higher education institutions, agricultural research facilities, parks, science centers and museums, BioSTEM Clubs strive to increase awareness of STEM research and career opportunities for underservedstudents and promote their success in STEM fields. BioSTEM clubs are currently available to select pilot schools in Virginia.

BioOlympiad Initiative

The BioOlympiad Initiative is a collaboration between CEE and ASDAN, a British charity organization that pro-vides educational opportunities for young people through its award winning programs. Biology students in thePeoples Republic of China have the opportunity to take the USABO Open Exam, which allow young Chinesebiology scholars the opportunity to experience intense, international competitiveness.

$10,000 AND ABOVEArnold and Kay Clejan Charitable FoundationMAWHIBANational Science Summer School Inc.Sts. Cyril & Methodius International FoundationSwedish Federation of Young ScientistsFundació Catalunya-La PedreraMr. Daniel and Mrs. Josanna HaspelDrs. Nathan and Paola BronsonGeneral AtomicsGilead Sciences, Inc.D.E. Shaw & Co., L.P.Thagard FoundationDr. and Mrs. Ross A. Grossman, Ph.D.Genentech, Inc.Adtalem FoundationCarpenter TechnologyD.E. Shaw ResearchDavid Cheng, Ph.D.HologicMr. and Mrs. Daniel A. D’AnielloMr. and Mrs. Roger PellegriniMr. and Mrs. Sam LeungMr. Michael A. FeinMr. Siddharth ShenaiNational Security AgencyNellie Mae FoundationPsychemedics CorporationWestern Digital Corporation$5,000 AND ABOVESTARPREP Education InstitutePhilippine Science High School Foundation Inc.Research & Development CorporationAshbury CollegePolish Children’s FundAula Escola Europea, SADr. Jean McNealBright Funds FoundationDr. Pam and Mr. Barry TannerMr. David J. Gladstone and Dr. Lorna J. GladstoneAdmiral William A. Owens, USN (Ret.)Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. CurryDrs. Frederick and Sherleen ChenJames C. Ellenbogen, Ph.D.Mr. Albert C. LinSonal Desai, Ph.D.Drs. Daniel Lee and Lisa ParkAdmiral and Mrs. Bobby R. Inman, USN (Ret.)Alan Kane Charitable TrustBiogen FoundationDr. Vinayak Deshpande and Mrs. Anagha KalvadeDrs. Jim Dunphy and Qing DaiGreehey Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. Nagaraj DattatriMr. Wendell MaddoxNoreen Hynes, M.D., M.P.H.Unum$1,000 AND ABOVEDr. Jason KohDr. Zhaoyan Zhang and Ms. Ralene ChenMr. Eamon WalshZhu Family Foundation Inc.Mr. Mark KantrowitzMs. Kathy ShermanDr. Michael C. Mintzer and Ms. Alla R. ZaprudskyMr. and Mrs. Brent T. LinMr. and Mrs. Prashant JoshiMr. Arvind ParthasarathiThe Honorable Thomas R. PickeringDr. and Mrs. Jared HansenDr. and Ms. Doug Himberger

Ms. Kari LeeProfessors Joseph and Nell SedranskThe Honorable Clarine Nardi RiddleDr. Yueh LeeAmerican Mathematical SocietyMr. Alan J. Birnbaum and Dr. Ruth A. DukoffMr. and Mrs. Gary BoekaMr. and Mrs. Kenneth YipMr. Andrew H. ChathamMr. Gary Li and Mrs. Jing LiuMr. Ravindra Ambatipudi and Mrs. Kamala SistlaMs. Yin Yin WuNordson CorporationDrs. Samuel Gilbert and Elisabeth VrahopoulouMr. David GalkowskiBetty Bhudhikanok, M.D.Amy Sillman, Ph.D.Dr. Eric RainsApple, Inc.Dr. Howie Weiss and Dr. Lora WeissDr. Jin Zhang and Dr. Eileen H. YouDrs. Clay and Janice SemenkovichEdward Boas, Ph.D.ExxonMobil CorporationJoann P. DiGennaro, J.D.Kenneth & Myra Monfort Charitable Foundation Inc.Marli and Art PasternakMr. and Mrs. Aaron GoldbergMr. and Mrs. Avinash PatilMr. and Mrs. Bhanu DurvasulaMr. and Mrs. Steven HipsmanMr. and Mrs. Tony and Sue EltringhamMr. Kalani OshiroMr. Veselin K. KulevMrs. Susan S. LeeMs. Jennifer R. XiaoMs. Julie XieMs. Kejia SunPasquale Trucking Company, Inc.RBC Capital MarketsSanofi-AventisVMware, Inc.Ms. Adria AldridgeMr. and Mrs. Kohlar T. FrantzenMr. Keone HonMr. Anand AcharyaAaron M. Tievsky, Ph.D.Dr. William YangEvan M. Schwartz, Ph.D.Michael Sipser, Ph.D.Ms. Aimee NacolMs. Sandra C. EltringhamDana Caulder, Ph.D.Allied Converters, Inc.Dr. and Mrs. Mohsen PahlavanLauren Meyers, Ph.D.Dr. Jagannadha R. Bontha and Ms. Madhuri TripuranaDrs. Fredric and Esther AncelDrs. Steven and Sylvia FeinMr. and Mrs. Rance MurrayMr. Matthew B. GriceMr. and Mrs. J. Hamilton LambertMr. Bill ParkMicrosoft CorporationBalasubramanian Girish, Ph.D.Mr. Jeffery M. Wang and Ms. Nathalie ChenMs. Victoria GrayWolfgang Ketterle, Ph.D.Dr. Howard and Mrs. Tina KesselheimDr. Sarah MillaMr. George HoMr. Tieliang Yan and Dr. Xueyan XuDr. Fei-Ran Tian and Dr. Shanghong Dong

Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Wissner-GrossMr. Robert G. AuChevronChristie Nelson, Ph.D.Dr. Adrian Shoen LowDr. and Mrs. Feng ZhaoDr. and Mrs. Philemon D. ChangDr. and Mrs. Robert M. ShellenbargerDr. Jeffrey Y. GoreDr. Julia EspelDr. Kelvin M. NeuDr. Vandana L. MadhavanDrs. Emma and Boris ZbarskyDrs. Sanwu Wang and Mei WuDrs. Scott and Dena RifkinDrs. T. Raymond and Ann JonesExelon CorporationGarver USAIntegra Life Sciences FoundationLTG David Huntoon, Jr. (Ret.)Madlin Stevenson FoundationMilken Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. Calvin B. DavisMr. and Mrs. David FitzgeraldMr. and Mrs. Gerald MackamanMr. and Mrs. Kent ChurchillMr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Kubacki, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Robert HutchisonMr. and Mrs. Wayne K. KamitakiMr. Axel R. HansenMr. Cristian A. GonzalezMr. David B. Wood and Dr. Nancy JudgeMr. Henry Gong and Dr. Liming ZhaoMr. Honjie Xiong and Mrs. Linhua WangMr. Jami WiedemerMr. Jianguo Sun and Dr. Nianhong LiuMr. John M. DorfflerMr. Joshua He and Ms. Zhinuin XueMr. Mark Churchill and Dr. Laurie Witters- ChurchillMr. Matthew Thrasher, Ph.D.Mr. Mel ChaskinMr. Rasheed SabarMr. Weizhong Yang and Ms. Fang ChenMr. Wes S. Beebee, Jr.Mrs. Diana KnickrehmMs. Audrey GersonMs. Elizabeth WilliamsMs. Nancy AlvordMs. Nancy KeenerMs. Nicole OdzerMs. Renu GuptaMs. Wendy StoneShamit Kachru, Ph.D.The Coca-Cola CompanyThe Honorable and Mrs. Joseph I. LiebermanUS Bank$500 AND ABOVEMr. Owen LiMr. Palak M. PatelMr. Andrew T. NatenshonMr. Dewei Tsao and Dr. Vivian LuJason Nielsen, PhD and Mrs. Stephanie NielsenMr. and Mrs. Ronald D. BurchDr. Vladimir A. Mandelshtam and Dr. Svetlana Y. JitomirskayaIlya Baran, Ph.D.Ms. Joyce F. LiuProfessor Robert HansenPeter Y. Lee, Ph.D.Dr. and Mrs. Edward D. HonDr. Yeping Cai and Ms. Meien HuIllinois Tool Works, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. John F. SimonMr. and Mrs. Steven ScottMr. Ge Wang and Mrs. Weiwen Chen

Mr. Stephen Marzen and Ms. Louise EpsteinDr. and Mrs. Oscar J. Cole, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Geping ChengMr. Mark L. HuangMr. Mo ZhouDr. and Mrs. James StevensonDr. and Mrs. Roger RainsDr. Omar Swartz and Dr. Rui ZhaoDr. Xiao Zhang and Mrs. Xiaohui WangMr. and Mrs. Joaquin I. BallesteroMr. and Mrs. Sangy VatsaProfessor and Mrs. Neil TodreasMr. Christopher LeAnonymousMr. and Mrs. Naresh ChandDr. and Mrs. Thomas A. GraulMs. Genevieve WilliamsOracle CorporationDr. Adam ShaywitzDr. Jay SenguptaMs. Lili JiangDr. Mark OstermanMr. and Mrs. Ram BhandarkarMr. Thomas Z. FengMr. Yuning Ma and Mrs. Shaojun ChenSapan Shah, M.D. , JDBAE SystemsBenjamin B. Mathews,PhDCISCO Systems, Inc.Dr. Abhishek Srivastava and Dr. Ruchi BhandariDr. and Mrs. Bhanu JenaDr. and Mrs. David E. KeyesDr. and Mrs. Jin W. KimDr. and Mrs. Jong Keel LeeDr. and Mrs. Shailendra SinghDr. and Mrs. Zhifu XiangDr. Brian LaMacchiaDr. Hongkui Jing and Ms. Hairong GouDr. Ina RheeDr. Richard ChungDr. Robert Bosch, Ph.D.Drs. Bruno Bauer and Gillian CourtDrs. Phillip and Gina SmithDrs. R. Todd and Catherine SnowdenDrs. Robert and Terry R. FinkelsteinGovernor and Mrs. Pete WilsonGrace Chen Huang, M.D.John Edwards, Ph.D.Kevin McFarland-Porter, Ph.D.Lukasz Kaiser, Ph.D.Mr. Alexander P. PowerMr. Alexander WuMr. and Dr. Hari SankarMr. and Mrs. Christopher GradzielMr. and Mrs. David DruckerMr. and Mrs. David GallegosMr. and Mrs. Gregory C. LawhonMr. and Mrs. John A. HarrisMr. and Mrs. John T. O’ConnellMr. and Mrs. Lou DeBergalisMr. and Mrs. Prakash SatyamurthyMr. and Mrs. Ronald I. RosenMr. and Mrs. Sanjay ParikhMr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Pasquale, Jr.Mr. Benjamin M. DavisMr. Charles E. SaneMr. Charles Kallenbach and Ms. Alison RosenbergMr. David Rumker and Dr. Susan PhillipsMr. George T. Dewey, IIIMr. Michael J. MillerMr. Michael KimMr. Peter L. BeebeeMr. Sarat Venugopal and Mrs. Seema Vasudevan NairMr. Sean Kanuck

Mr. Shachar Raindel and Dr. Emma R. SchmidgallMr. Zhiang Deng and Ms. Xin ChenMs. Adriana TremouletMs. and Mr. Jinger ZhaoMs. Christina L. AdamsMs. JoAnn HuberMs. Susan KrembsMs. Susan LavrakasProfessor and Mrs. Gautam VemuriState Street Corporation$100 AND ABOVEMr. and Mrs. Subhash GargDoty Family FoundationDr. Cliff Wang and Mrs. Karen LiuDr. David Goldhaber-GordonMr. and Mrs. Charles AdelmannMr. and Mrs. David S. GreenbergMr. and Mrs. James PittlemanMr. Kenneth M. Cinnamon and Ms. Karen Leslie WengrodProfessor Katherine KyMr. and Mrs. Bharat LakhanpalAlan & Amy Meltzer Family Foundation Inc.Dr. and Mrs. Jung-Keun LeeDr. and Mrs. Paul B. GinsburgDr. and Mrs. Stuart SealfonDr. and Mrs. William S. BeebeeDr. Eric B. FordMr. Nitin and Mrs. Deepali RastogiParth Patwari, Ph.D.Mr. Huan LiuDr. Dean J. LeeMr. and Mrs. Matthew KuenzelMr. and Mrs. Vinish LallMr. James P. SkelleyMr. Zaito Pan and Mrs. Jian Hua LiMs. Amy LeeMs. Ruth LavineRachel J. Beane, PhDRavi S. Kamath, M.D., Ph.D.Dr. Joseph Gootenberg and Dr. Susan LeibenhautAdmiral Jay M. CohenDr. and Mrs. Andreas SteinDr. and Mrs.Raymond ScalettarDr. Charles LinDr. Mark Yin and Ms. Wendy MouKatrina Brown, PhDMr. Adam L. GinsburgMr. Graham SheldonMr. Mathew Thomas and Mrs. Rama MadhavaraoMr. Ron HohauserMr. Warren Brakensiek and Dr. Kathleen BrakensiekMr. William A. WebbMr. Yue YingMs. Detelina V. VasilevaMs. Laura W. FornashShamik Das, Ph.D.Mr. Geoffrey SmithMr. Olgun GuvenchMr. Gregory RogowskiMs. Peichi ShuaiMs. Rachel SchiffMr. Patrick M. KennyMr. Seth L. AltmanMs. Katherine E. HooverDr. Amro Y. BohsaliDr. Rinaa PungliaColleen M. Kaul, Ph.D.Dr. Amitha Jagannath-KnightDr. and Mrs. Wei Shen, Ph.D.Dr. Jacques C. ThamDr. Jennifer SunJeremy M. Veenstra-VanderWeele, M.D.Dr. Jianfan Wu and Ms. Huixia ZhouDr. Joo-Hwee Lim and Ms. Siet-Leng LaiDr. Melissa ChenDr. Rachna D. ShroffDr. Steven Golowich and Dr. Linda M. ZegerDr. Zhengtian Lu and Mrs. Diyang WuDrs. Pramatha Payra and Sanjukta GhoseDrs. Srinivasan and Jaividhya DasarathyEli V. Olinick, Ph.D.Grace Bhudhikanok, Ph.D.Infinity Fuel Cell and Hydrogen, Inc.IntuitLt. Col and Mrs. Alonzo B. WickersMario P. Fiori, Ph.D.Mr. Adam A. PahlavanMr. Alok Bhushan

With Our Appreciation and Thanks!

Donors $50,000 and Above Building Engineering and Science Talent (BEST) • Saudi Aramco • Virginia Department of Higher Education • Lockheed Martin Corporation

The Leonetti/O’Connell Family Foundation • Steve Strong, Ph.D. • Google Inc. • Dr. and Mrs. Nathan Waldman • Singapore Ministry of Education Claude Moore Charitable Foundation • Dr. Diane Tang, Ph.D. • Mr. Alexander Clark • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Donors $25,000 - $49,999Dr. Vishal Nigam and Ms. Carrie Rhodes • Subor Boru Sanayi Vetic • Mr. Jonathan A. Marcus • Hariri Foundation • Feng Zhang, Ph.D.

Akamai Technologies • Drs. Tom Leighton and Bonnie Berger • Edward T. Bedford Foundation • United Technologies CorporationVulcan Materials Company • Jane Street Capital, LLC • Mr. Klee Dienes • St. Jude Medical, Inc. • The Black Horse Foundation Inc.

The Milton L. & Betty J. Dranow Family Foundation * Two Sigma Investments

Donors to CEE – Oct. 2016 to Dec. 31, 2017

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HONORARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Jimmy CarterU.S. President

Congresswoman Barbara Comstock

Virginia

Congressman Scott PetersCalifornia

Senator Lindsey GrahamSouth Carolina

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

CHAIRMANMr. Mel ChaskinPresident & CEO, Vanguard Research, Inc.

Dr. Frederick Y. ChenChief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Cardio Vascular Center, Tufts Medical Center

Dr. Robert E. CurryCEO, PerceptiMed, Inc.

Ms. Joann P. DiGennaroPresident, Center for Excellence in Education

Mrs. Betty DranowPresident, The Dranow Family Foundation

Cara EspositoExecutive Director, Leonetti/O’Connell Family Foundation

Mr. Nicholas S. GouletasChairman, America Invst

Dr. Ross GrossmanRetired SVP, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Her Excellency Bahia El HaririMember of Parliament, Lebanon

Dr. Douglas E. HimbergerPresident, D.E. Himberger Consulting

Mr. Ronald E. HohauserCFO, Legendary

Lieutenant General (Ret.) David H. Huntoon, Jr.President - D2H Leadership Consulting, LLC

Dr. Noreen A. HynesDirector, Geographic Medicine Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Mr. Dean KamenPresident, DEKA Research & Development

Mr. Mark KantrowitzPresident, Cerebly, Inc.

Mr. Sean KanuckFounder and CEO, EXEDEC International LLC

Dr. Wolfgang KetterleNobel Laureate and John D. MacArthur Prof. of Physics, Dept. of Physics MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms and Dept. of Physics, MIT

Mr. Raymond C. KubackiChairman & CEO, Psychemedics Corp.

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“ When I was young I was focused on science and math. I was interested in tackling problems that were challenging and would make a big impact on people’s lives. When I look back at my summer at the RSI program I have only fond memories. It’s where I met some of the smartest and nicest people who had similar interests and drive. It’s one of the first places that confronted me with serious and rigorous challenges that expanded my mind and elevated the expectations I would eventually envision for myself. I continue to contribute to The Center regularly because I want to give back as much as possible so that the best and the brightest have the same enlightening opportunity that I had. Keep up the good work CEE!”

-Dr. Steven Fein RSI ’89, Hematologist/Oncologist Miami Cancer Institute (FL)

“ My RSI experience was incredible, and it introduced me to so many opportunities. I’m thrilled that I’ve been able to continue the experience through the alumni network but also by helping bring USABO to its new home at the University of California, San Diego. It’s exceedingly exciting to me that the USA Biology Olympiad will take place at UCSD in 2018. This is an marvelous chance for biology scholars to broaden their exposure to UCSD research.

- Dr. Pam Taub RSI ’93, general cardiologist and Associate Professor of medicine at UC San Diego. She is also the director of the Step Cardiac Wellness and Rehabilitation Center

BOARD OF TRUSTEES (continued)

Dr. Tom LeightonCo-Founder & CEO, Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Mr. Wendell MaddoxPresident & CEO, ION Corporation

Dr. J. Michael McQuadeSr. Vice President, Science & Technology, United Technologies Corp.

Dr. Anthony G. OettingerGordon McKay Professor, Applied Mathematics Emeritus Harvard University

Admiral William A. Owens, USN (Ret.)Chairman and Co-Founder, Red Bison Advisory Group

Mr. Arvind ParthasarathiSenior Vice President, Guidewire

Mr. Roger PellegriniManaging Director, Securitization Finance – RBC Capital Markets

The Hon. Thomas R. PickeringVice Chairman, Hills & Company International Consultants

The Hon. Clarine Nardi RiddleCounsel, Kasowitz Benson Torres, LLP

Siddharth ShenaiIndependent Investment Professional

Mr. Rasheed SabarManaging Director, Ellington Management Group

Ms. Kathy ShermanExecutive Director, State Government Affairs, Amgen, Inc.

Mr. Ronald W. SimmsCEO, Petroleum Service Company

Dr. Michael SipserDean, School of Science, Massachu-setts Institute of Technology

Ms. Cynthia Pickett-StevensonAttorney at Law, Hoover Slovacek, LLP

Dr. Feng ZhangCore Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, The Broad Institute

�“�I�believe�it�is�the�duty�of�each�of�us�to�act�as�if�the�fate�of�the�world��

depended�on�him.�Admittedly,�one�man�by�himself�cannot�do�the�job.�

However,�one�man�can�make�a�difference.�We�must�live�for�the�future�

of�the�human�race,�and�not�for�our�own�comfort�or�success.”

Founder’s Message

The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) marks 35 years of excellence in 2018. CEE was founded in 1983 by the late Admiral H. G. Rickover, father of the nuclear navy and of civilian uses of nuclear power, and Joann P. DiGennaro, CEE’s President.

For more than three decades, CEE’s programs help to assure U.S. competitiveness in science and technology, and to further international collaboration among leaders

of the international community. CEE challenges scholars and assists them on a long-term basis to become the creators, inventors, scientists, and leaders of the 21st century.

While CEE celebrates the accomplishments of the past 35 years, it looks eagerly forward to what will achieved by this premier organization in the next 35 years.

CELEBRATING OUR 35TH ANNIVERSARY

Admiral H.G. Rickover

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“ CEE’s Research Science Institute has opened up unparalleled opportunities that I would not have had anywhere else. I am honored to be doing research in a field with so much potential to help people. I hope that one day my research with others in this field will help to save patient lives.”

- Syamantak Payra, Rickoid of the Year RSI ’17.

“ RSI was the reason why I came to the U.S. from Bulgaria. That summer I was surrounded by brilliant students and some of the most impressive and dazzling instructors I’ve ever met. It’s when I fell in love with math, numbers, and the endless possibilities that could be conceived. Now I’m working at the intersection of financial engineering, healthcare, and innovation in pharmaceuticals. My work is about nurturing invention and I couldn’t be happier or more challenged…and it all started with RSI. I intend to keep supporting CEE because I want other young bright people to experience what I did. My summer at CEE’s RSI program will always be a treasured moment in my personal, academic, and professional life.”

- Detelina Vasileva RSI ‘95, Project Leader and Researcher at the Lab for Financial Engineering, MIT Sloan School of Management (MA).