at the Georgetown Ministry Center's Mission, and he housed it at Grace Church. Dr. Bird served in the capacity of independent ethics advisor for the Institutional Review Board, Clinical Trials and Surveys Corporation, Baltimore, Md. (1993-2015) and at the Institutional Review Board, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health (1992-2003). He has served as chaplain to several organizations, including Single Caring Parents, Alle Kiski Valley, New Kensington, Pa. (as well as coordinator, 1981–84) and the Fraternal Order of Police, Pa., Lodge 39 (1986–89). Dr. Bird was a founding member of the Alle Kiski Valley Task Force on AIDS (1988), with the intent of opening the doors of traditional churches to those who contracted the infection. He remains an active member of Rotary International (1979–87, 2013 to present), where he raises funds for social causes and makes the plight of the homeless, the unemployed, and the unfortunate known. This is a consistent element in his ministry. References External links www.trinitysj.org www.gracedc.org 20th-century American Episcopal priests 1946 births Living people People from the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull People educated at the Royal Grammar School Worcester Alumni of the University of Wales, Lampeter General Theological Seminary alumni Duquesne University alumni Trinity School (New York City) alumni Duquesne University faculty 21st-century American Episcopal priests