Dr. Douglas Perry

At-Large Member

Douglas, now retired in Madison, IN, had a long career in higher education as a scientist, professor, and senior academic leader. His education is in health and life sciences, holding two undergraduate degrees and three graduate degrees, including a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai (New York). As a federally funded research scientist on the faculty of the Indiana University School of Medicine, he published more than 40 professional works and served as a member of various professional organizations. As an academic leader, Douglas was the one of the principal founders of the Indiana University School of Informatics (2000) and the founding dean of the College of Informatics at Northern Kentucky University (2006). Douglas retired as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Indiana Tech (Fort Wayne).

Douglas has been a Bahá’í ever since he first learned about the Bahá’í Faith in 1968. One of the fundamental principles of this religion is the essential harmony of science and religion, when both are understood in their deepest and most comprehensive sense. He is keenly interested in promoting this understanding. Related to this interest, he holds active memberships in the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS), the International Society for the Study of Science and Religion (ISSR), the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT), and the Oxford-based Science and Religion Forum (SRF). He also holds memberships in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE).