nanoTox Appoints Gov. George Allen to Board of Directors

06-15-2009: nanoTox, a company to provide complete risk assessment exclusively for nanoparticles, announced that Governor George Allen of Virginia has joined the board of its parent company, Nano Risk Assessment, Inc. An early supporter of nanotechnology initiatives, Gov. Allen served the Commonwealth of Virginia for more than 20 years as Governor, as U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative, and as a delegate holding Thomas Jefferson’s seat in the Virginia General Assembly.

Elected to the United States Senate in 2000, George Allen has long advocated policies to make America a leader in innovation and technology. In 2001, he was appointed Chairman of the Senate High Tech Task Force and later in his term he created the Competitive Caucus to keep America the “world capital of innovation”. Allen was a member on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, the Energy and Natural Resources Committee as well as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Subcommittee on European Affairs.

In 2002, Senator Allen sponsored the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act, implementing a National Nanotechnology Program to establish the goals, priorities, and metrics for evaluation of federal nanotechnology research and development, invest in federal nanotech research and development programs, and provide for interagency coordination of federal nanotechnology activities. Senator Allen also joined with Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) to found and Co-Chair the Nanotech Caucus.