Mr. Marsh, a member of the Board for 23 years, resigned in June 2014 and was named Director Emeritus. Mr. Marsh joined the Novavax Board of Directors in 1991 (then known as Molecular Packaging Systems, Inc.) and served as Interim Chief Executive Officer from July 1996 to March 1997 and as Chairman of the Board from July 1996 to February 1997. He is currently the Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law at George Mason University and has been Co-Chair of the Independent Review Group for Walter Reed Hospital and the Bethesda Navy Medical Center since 2007. He also has served as Visiting Professor of Ethics at Virginia Military Institute in 1998. Mr. Marsh was Secretary of the Army from 1981 to 1989, a Counselor with Cabinet rank to the President of the United States from 1974 to 1977, Assistant for National Security Affairs to Vice President of the United States in 1974, and Assistant Secretary of Defense from 1973 to 1974. Mr. Marsh was a U.S. Representative in Congress from 1963 to 1971. He has been awarded the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Award on six occasions and was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal from President Ronald Reagan. In June 2014, Mr. Marsh received the Medal for Distinguished Public Service from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation.

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