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Frank Jordan is Rutgers University Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey. The author or coauthor of more than 185 professional publications and the holder of three patents, Dr. Jordan is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the American Chemical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Jordan received the B.S. degree (1964) in chemistry from Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Ph.D. degree (1967) in chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; a NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship (1968), University of Paris, France; and an NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship (1970), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Mulchand S. Patel is Professor of Biochemistry and Associate Dean for Biomedical Research and Education, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York. The coeditor of three books and author of more than 180 professional publications, Dr. Patel is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Patel received the B.Sc. degree (1961) in biochemistry from M.S. University, Baroda, India, and the Ph.D. degree (1968) in animal science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.