% biography section
%
% If you have an EPS/PDF photo (graphicx package needed) extra braces are
% needed around the contents of the optional argument to biography to prevent
% the LaTeX parser from getting confused when it sees the complicated
% \includegraphics command within an optional argument. (You could create
% your own custom macro containing the \includegraphics command to make things
% simpler here.)
%\begin{biography}[{\includegraphics[width=1in,height=1.25in,clip,keepaspectratio]{mshell}}]{Michael Shell}
% where an .eps filename suffix will be assumed under latex, and a .pdf suffix
% will be assumed for pdflatex; or if you just want to reserve a space for
% a photo:

% \begin{biography}{Michael Shell}
% Biography text here.
% \end{biography}

% if you will not have a photo at all:
\begin{biographynophoto}{John Doe}
Biography text here.
\end{biographynophoto}

% insert where needed to balance the two columns on the last page
%\newpage

\begin{biographynophoto}{Jane Doe}
Biography text here.
\end{biographynophoto}

% You can push biographies down or up by placing
% a \vfill before or after them. The appropriate
% use of \vfill depends on what kind of text is
% on the last page and whether or not the columns
% are being equalized.

%\vfill

% Can be used to pull up biographies so that the bottom of the last one
% is flush with the other column.
%\enlargethispage{-5in}
% biography section
%
% If you have an EPS/PDF photo (graphicx package needed) extra braces are
% needed around the contents of the optional argument to biography to prevent
% the LaTeX parser from getting confused when it sees the complicated
% \includegraphics command within an optional argument. (You could create
% your own custom macro containing the \includegraphics command to make things
% simpler here.)
%\begin{biography}[{\includegraphics[width=1in,height=1.25in,clip,keepaspectratio]{mshell}}]{Michael Shell}
% where an .eps filename suffix will be assumed under latex, and a .pdf suffix
% will be assumed for pdflatex; or if you just want to reserve a space for
% a photo:

% \begin{biography}{Michael Shell}
% Biography text here.
% \end{biography}

% if you will not have a photo at all:
\begin{biographynophoto}{John Doe}
Biography text here.
\end{biographynophoto}

% insert where needed to balance the two columns on the last page
%\newpage

\begin{biographynophoto}{Jane Doe}
Biography text here.
\end{biographynophoto}

% You can push biographies down or up by placing
% a \vfill before or after them. The appropriate
% use of \vfill depends on what kind of text is
% on the last page and whether or not the columns
% are being equalized.

%\vfill

% Can be used to pull up biographies so that the bottom of the last one
% is flush with the other column.
%\enlargethispage{-5in}

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