Lynda Beck is a study group leader at the New Hampshire Community Technical College in Portsmouth, where she was an adjunct instructor a few years ago. Prior to this position, she was a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and several years ago served as the vice principal, assistant principal, and teacher at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH. While Vice Principal at Phillips Exeter, Dr. Beck played a lead role in planning the curriculum and laboratory facilities for the Phelps Science Center. Dr. Beck received her Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of New Hampshire in 1972.