In this chapter, we are introduced to Dr. Bledsoe, who is now a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Society for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. He is also the founder and president of the Society for Artificial Intelligence, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the field of artificial intelligence. He also serves as the chairman of the board of directors of several universities, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has served as the president of several societies, including those for the advancement of science and for the promotion of the arts and sciences. He was the founder of the National Academy of Engineering, the largest engineering college in the world, and he is also a board member of several other scientific societies. He serves on the advisory board of the American Society for Engineering and Applied Mathematics, a scientific society dedicated to engineering and applied mathematics.