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Leonard A. Cole (born 1933), an American dentist, political scientist and expert on bioterrorism and terror medicine. He is adjunct professor of political science at Rutgers University-Newark, New Jersey, and of emergency medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, where he is Director of the Program on Terror Medicine and Security of the (UMDNJ Center for BioDefense ).〔(UMDNJ Center for BioDefense )〕 Trained in both the health sciences and public policy, Cole has testified before congressional committees and made invited presentations to the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Defense, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Office of Technology Assessment. He is on the Advisory Board of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism. Appointed by the Governor of New Jersey to the New Jersey-Israel Commission, he has coordinated exchanges on terror medicine and domestic security between American and Israeli academics and professionals. Cole has appeared frequently on network and public television and is the author or editor of ten books. His articles have appeared in numerous professional journals as well as general publications including ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', ''Los Angeles Times'', ''Scientific American'', and ''The Sciences''. ==Biography== Cole received a B.A. with highest honors from the University of California, Berkeley and a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. He also holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University. Cole was national chairman of the (Jewish Council for Public Affairs ) during 2000-2002. He was a featured commentator in ''(Avoiding Armageddon )'' (2003), a PBS documentary on biological and chemical warfare. His 2003 book ''(The Anthrax Letters: A Medical Detective Story )'' was named a 2004 Honor Book by the (New Jersey Council for the Humanities ). Other recent books include ''(Terror: How Israel Has Coped and What America Can Learn )'' (2007) and ''(Local Planning for Terror and Disaster: From Bioterrorism to Earthquakes )'' (2012). He was featured in a 2008 television program on anthrax entitled "Airborne Attack", part of the ''Mega Disasters'' series on the History Channel. A member of the WMD Working Group of the Aspen Institute’s Homeland Security Group, Cole co-edited the working group’s 2012 report on WMD Terrorism.〔(Aspen Report, WMD Terrorism )〕〔(Cole, Testimony, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence )〕 Other recent interviews and presentations have been posted by the ''PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer'', Washington Institute for Near East Policy, FrontPage magazine, and (Eye on Books ). He served as chair of the Birthright Israel Committee of the Jewish Federations of North America during 2006-2013. Cole lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey with his wife, Ruth. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leonard A. Cole」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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