He was subsequently vice chairman of the NRC Committee on Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands.

Among many other appointments, she was a member of the NRC Committee on Advanced Materials and Fabrication Methods for Microelectromechanical Systems and of MIT's Advisory Board for Initiatives to Diversify the Professoriate.

NRC Committee on International Space Station Meteoroid/Debris Risk Management (1995-1996)

Chair, NRC Committee on Space Shuttle Meteoroid/Debris Risk Management (1997)

Chair, NRC Committee on Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Surface of Mars (2001-)

He served on the NRC Committee on "Protecting Kids from Pornography and other Inappropriate Material on the Internet", which sat for three years and produced a study widely praised for its sensible content.

NRC Committee (J.G. Vandenbergh, Chair) (2002).

The NRC Committee, chaired by Gerald North, consisted of 12 scientists and statisticians from different disciplines.

"Intentional and Unintentional Injury in Black Americans", (with Carlson V, Bucholz K, Sussman L.), Report to Panel on Health Status and Demography of Black Americans, NRC Committee on the Status of Black Americans, 1988.