James A. Sharp, president of Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, has been elected a member of the board of the Marine Biological Laboratory. Sharp has had a 29-year career at Carl Zeiss and has worked in all aspects of microscopy. As president of Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, he oversees the sales and marketing of Zeiss microscopy products in North America, the company's largest and fasted growing market. The Marine Biological Laboratory is a leading research and teaching institution in the biological sciences.

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