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Dr. LaCourse was elected to Ceradyne's Board of Directors in June 2006. Dr. LaCourse currently is the Krusen Distinguished Professor of Glass Science at the NYS College of Ceramics at Alfred University, a position he has held since 1999. From 1970 until 1999, Dr. LaCourse held various teaching and administrative positions with the NYS College of Ceramics at Alfred University, as well as at other academic institutions. Dr. LaCourse also serves as president of Santanoni Glass and Ceramics, Inc., a company engaged in contract research and manufacture of specialty glass frits, which he founded in January 2001. Dr. LaCourse obtained a B.S. degree in Engineering Science in 1966 and a M.S. degree in Materials Science in 1967 from the State University of New York in Stony Brook. He received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1970. | 