Chancellor Emeritus of UW Bothell, Dr. Warren W. Buck will soon return to the physics classroom to pursue his love of teaching and mentoring students. During his transition back to academia, he has stepped into the studio to explore artistic expressions in acrylics related to theoretical physics. His early works are in private collections in Long Island, Charleston, San Francisco, Seattle, as well as in the Bahamas, France, and Switzerland. From July 1999 through June 2005, Dr. Warren W. Buck served as Chancellor of the University of Washington, Bothell, one of three UW campuses. In his role as Chancellor, Buck was responsible for overseeing and maintaining the high-quality academic programs characteristic of UW. During his tenure as Chancellor, the State of Washington Legislature and Governor granted UW Bothell authority to become a four-year institution. Founded in 1990, UWB opened its new permanent campus under Chancellor Buck's leadership in the fall of 2000. UWB shares its campus with Cascadia Community College and occupies 127 acres, including the largest freshwater wetlands restoration in the Northwest. Dr. Buck oversaw the completion of the UWB campus construction and its co-location with CCC, one of the most unique partnerships of a community college and university in the nation. Prior to his joining UWB, Dr. Buck was a prominent member of a team that established the scientific program at the Department of Energy's Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Virginia and was Founding Director of the predominantly National Science Foundation-funded Nuclear/High Energy Physics (NuHEP) Research Center of Excellence and Professor of Physics at Hampton University. The NuHEP Center faculty form one of the leading edge research groups in nuclear/high energy physics today. Dr. Buck is a recipient of The Hulon Willis Association Impact Award for greatly impacting the African-American community during his time at The College of William and Mary and also impacting HWA and the College Community. Dr. Buck was also presented with the Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Mathematics, Science and Engineering (MSE) Network 2001 Giants in Science Award. The award recognizes outstanding teachers, mentors, and role models. While receiving the Ph.D. degree in theoretical high-energy nuclear physics from the College of William and Mary, Dr. Buck was the Founding President of the Black Student Organization and a National Science Foundation Fellowship/Traineeship graduate student. Dr. Buck is an internationally known theoretical physicist and a Fellow and Life Member and former chair of the Committee on Education of the American Physical Society. He is also a member of the Omicron Delta Kappa leadership fraternity. In 1998, Dr. Buck was featured on an episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy and honored as a "Way Cool Scientist." This episode has continued to air over the years. Dr. Buck currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Washington Technology Center, the Cultural Development Authority (4 Culture) of King County, Leadership Eastside, the Tyee Club of UW, and the Chief seattle Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He has also served on the board of the College of William and Mary Society of the Alumni, the boards of the United Way of King and Snohomish Counties, as the founding chair of Familes Matter, and on the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce. Enjoying an eclectic life, Dr. Buck is also an accomplished watercolor artist and yachtsman, and has two grown children.

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