• Peter T. Kissinger, Ph.D.
• D. Craig Brater, M.D.
• Jack Gill, Ph.D.
• V. William Hunt, J.D.
• Sally Frost Mason, Ph.D.
• William W. Chin, M.D.

Jack Gill, Ph.D.
President,
Gill Foundation of Texas

Prior to co-founding Vanguard in October 1981, Dr. Gill was Executive Vice President and Group Manager of the Scientific Divisions of Spectra Physics, Inc. Spectra Physics, a NYSE listed company, is the world's largest manufacturer of commercial, scientific and industrial lasers. In 1970, Gill founded Autolab, which pioneered the application of microprocessor-based instruments and computers for chromatography laboratory applications. Autolab was sold to Spectra Physics in 1972 and Gill remained as Vice President, General Manager as the business grew profitably to $70 million in sales, earning a leading worldwide market position in laboratory automation computers.  Gill served as a Director of Research and Engineering of the Aerograph Division of Varian Associates from 1965 to 1970, where he was responsible for a technical staff of 80. In this capacity, Dr. Gill authored 50 technical papers and lectured worldwide on gas chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography, laboratory computerization, and advances in instrumentation. Gill's earlier experience was with Monsanto Company in St. Louis as a Senior Research Chemist from 1962-1965.

Jack M. Gill is a native of Lufkin, Texas and earned a chemistry and engineering degree from Lamar University in 1958 and a Ph.D. Degree in Organic Chemistry from University in 1962. Dr. Gill has lectured extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Asia on business and technical issues. Gill served as President of the Lamar University Foundation Board of Trustees from 1988 to 1991. He is currently a member of the Indiana University Dean's Advisory Boards of the School of Business and School of Arts and Sciences, the Indiana University Foundation Board and is an adjunct professor at Rice University and Indiana University.

Jack is Director of LifeSpex, Inc. (tissue spectroscopy), CardioGenesis (cardiovascular TMR), EndoVasix, Inc. (catheter based therapies for stroke), FlowGenix, Corporation (biotechnology materials science), NovaLux Corp. (lasers and communications) and Itasca Ventures (midwest medical incubator) and Percardia (cardiovascular medical devices). Dr. Gill resides in Houston, Texas with his wife, Linda, who is a volunteer at Baylor Medical School's Methodist Hospital in Houston. Jack and Linda established The Gill Foundation which is focused on educational philanthropy. The Gills have endowed numerous high school and college scholarships, teacher's awards, academic chairs and research institutes in Texas, Kentucky,Indiana and California. Dr. Gill enjoys classical music, travel, entrepreneurship, teaching, and reading in all the sciences and history.