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205 Prof. L. David Pye L. David Pye is Dean and Professor of Glass Science, Emeritus, the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. He is an honored teacher, scholar and researcher and has served as President of the International Commission on Glass (ICG) and the American Ceramic Society (ACerS). He is a Distinguished Life Member of ACerS, an Honorary Member of the German Society of Glass Technology, and an Honorary Fellow of the British Society of Glass Technology —one of 8 Americans citizens to receive this honor over the last century. He has received several professional achievement awards including the ICG President’s Award, the New York State University Chancellor’s Award for Scholarship and Creativity, the Phoenix Award for Glassman of year, the American Society of Engineering Education Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Toledo Glass and Ceramic Award, and the Rutgers University Malcom G. McClaren Award. He played major leadership roles in establishing the only Ph.D in Glass Science degree program in United States and the National Science Foundation Industry-University Center for Glass Research at Alfred. Additionally, he served as advisor to 10 Ph.D and 36 Masters Students. He also led efforts in the founding of several continuing conference series including Advances in the Fusion and Processing of Glass, The University Series of Conferences on Glass Science, and the modern International Congresses on Ceramics. In 2003 he presented the Plenary Address at the 10 th International Conference on the Physics of Non- crystalline Solids, the Keynote Address at the 23 rd International Congress on Glass in 2013, the Keynote Address at the 12 th European Society of Glass Conference in 2014, and the Keynote Address at the 78 th Conference on Glass Problems in 2017. He was the Founding Editor of the ACerS International Journal of Applied Glass Science and a Founding Member of the Board of Trustees of the Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation. In 2018 a special Symposium was convened in his honor by the Glass and Optical Materials Division of ACerS and in 2019 the Division inaugurated the L. David Pye Lifetime Achievement Award. Over the last 3 years he played a lead role in launching and promoting the declaration of 2022 as the International Year of Glass by the United Nations General Assembly. As Chief Executive Officer of Empire State Glassworks LLC, he is also an aspiring stained glass artist.