FPRI Authors and Contributors

Lawrence Husick is Co-Chairman of the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Center for the Study of Terrorism where he concentrates on the study of terrorist tactics and counterterrorism strategies, with a particular focus on technology leverage as a defining characteristic of the modern terrorist. He is also co-director of the FPRI Wachman Center’s Program on Teaching Innovation and a faculty member at the Whiting Graduate School of Engineering and the Zanvyl-Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Graduate Biotechnology Program of the Johns Hopkins University.
Mr. Husick’s computer-related experience includes his work as co-founder and principal system architect of Infonautics Inc. (now HighBeam Research), which originated the Electric Library and Encyclopedia.com on the World Wide Web, for which he was awarded five U.S. patents. He co-founded and serves as Chief Innovation Officer of TeraDiscoveries, Inc., a pioneering company in the field of in silico drug research and co-manages Vimetrics LLC, an early-stage venture in vision evaluation systems and ocular treatment. He has been a consultant to both government and private organizations as a systems analyst and design engineer. He has designed teaching and simulation systems, special-purpose process control systems for the chemical industry, and has consulted in the design of systems which range from natural language multimedia retrieval servers, to controllers for air conditioners, laser printers, alarm systems, and chemical instrumentation. He is a skilled programmer in computer languages ranging from assembler to Objective C, and designs and builds special-purpose computer hardware.
Mr. Husick holds a B.S. degree cum laude in Environmental Chemistry from Muhlenberg College and a J.D. from the Washington College of Law and has done graduate studies in microprocessor engineering. He spent several years as an associate patent attorney, working in a wide range of technologies, and in litigation practice. Prior to starting Lipton, Weinberger & Husick, an intellectual property and technological law firm, he was head of the Intellectual Property Group of Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish & Kauffman in Philadelphia.
Husick served as Senior Legal Fellow at Apple, Inc. for seven years. He currently serves as a board member of the Clear Vision Foundation, the American Helicopter Museum and Education Center, the Muhlenberg College RJ Fellows Honors Program and as Chair of the Board of Visitors of the University of the Sciences, Samson College of Allied Health Professions. He has also been an appointed advisor to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, and is a past president of The Helen Beebe Speech and Hearing Center, Inc., a facility pioneering research and treatment in auditory-verbal education for the deaf.
Lawrence Husick Esq.
Lipton, Weinberger, and Husick
PO Box 587
Southeastern, PA 19399-0587 USA
Articles
- Privacy Refracted through PRISM · E-Notes · June 2013
- Teaching the Next Generation of Innovators · Transcripts and Testimonies · October 10, 2012
- From Brain Drain to Brain Flow: The New Economy of Innovation Turbulence · E-Notes · August 2012
- The Disruptive Cost of Fear - Our Desire to Return to the World of September 10th and What It Has Cost Us · E-Notes · September 2011
- What Students Can Learn from Steve Jobs · FootNotes · September 2011
- FPRI Perspectives on Bin Laden's Demise · E-Notes · May 2011
- Spent Nuclear Fuel: A National Security and Environmental Migraine Headache · E-Notes · April 2011
- Islamist Lawfare: Briefs as Weapons of Mass Disruption · E-Notes · June 2010
- Avoiding a Homeland Security Error That Could Leave the U.S. Flying Blind · E-Notes · February 2010
- I’m Not a Security Official...I Just Play One on TV · E-Notes · January 2010
- Messages from Mumbai: Terrorism and Policy Implications · E-Notes · January 2009
- From Stone to Silicon: A Brief Survey of Innovation · FootNotes · October 2008
- More Than Just Tools and Toys: Teaching Innovation · FootNotes · May 2008
- Al-Qaeda: Venture Capitalists of Terror · Outside Publications, IEEE Spectrum · November 2007
- Emergency Preparedness: FPRI Terrorism SitRep Memorandum · E-Notes · August 2005
Pages
Events
- New Frontiers in the 21st Century · March 9, 2013
- A Layman’s Guide to Cyberwar · January 10, 2013
- Why “Cyber Pearl Harbor” Won't Be Like Pearl Harbor At All… · October 24, 2012
- HACKED!: Cyber-Threats to Lawyers, Law Firms, and Their Clients · April 17, 2012
Conferences
- Iran and the Geopolitics of the Middle East · October 27, 2012
- Teaching the History of Innovation: A History Institute for Teachers · October 18, 2008
Audio/Video
- FPRI’s Lawrence Husick Talks Cyber Attacks on IQ 106.9 - (Audio) · February 21, 2013
- Understanding Stuxnet and Other Covert Responses to the Iranian Nuclear Program - (Audio) · October 28, 2012
- Why "Cyber Pearl Harbor" Won't Be Like Pearl Harbor At All… - (Audio) · October 24, 2012
- What Students Need to Know about 9/11: Ten Years Later, Session 2 - (Audio) · September 8, 2011
- What Students Need to Know about 9/11: Ten Years Later, Seesion 1 - (Audio) · September 8, 2011
- Cyberspace: The Next Battlefield - (Audio) · June 16, 2011
- Bin Laden's Demise and Its Implications - (Audio) · May 4, 2011
- Understanding Cyberspace as a Battlefield - (Audio) · February 11, 2011
- From Stone to Silicon: A Brief Survey of Technology and Inventions - (Audio) · October 18, 2008
- Panel Discussion on Teaching Innovation (video) - (Video) · October 18, 2008
- Panel Discussion on Teaching Innovation (audio) - (Audio) · October 18, 2008
- From Stone to Silicon: A Brief Survey of Technology and Inventions (video) - (Video) · October 18, 2008
Blog Posts
- Cybersecurity - Congress 0, White House 1 · Lawrence Husick
