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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, Sept. 24, 2004
NR-04-09-13
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Cherry Murray Selected As LLNL’s New Deputy Director
For Science and Technology
Cherry A. Murray, Senior Vice President at Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies
for Physical Sciences and Wireless Research, has been named as the Deputy
Director for Science and Technology at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
The appointment was announced today by LLNL director Michael R. Anastasio
and confirmed by the University of California Regents. Murray will retire
from her position at Bell Labs and begin her new assignment with LLNL
on December 1.
Murray is a physicist who has been nationally recognized for her work
in surface physics, light scattering and complex fluids. She is a member
of the National Academy of Science, the National Academy of Engineering,
and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Discover Magazine named
her as one of the “50 Most Important Women in Science” in
2002.
“Our Laboratory and the University of California are extremely
pleased to have Cherry Murray as our new Deputy Director for Science & Technology,” said
Michael R. Anastasio. “She brings an impressive record of scientific
accomplishment, national recognition, management expertise and strategic
vision to this position. I am confident that she will greatly enhance
our research and development portfolio and I look forward to having her
on my management team.”
Murray first joined Bell Labs in 1978 as a member of the technical staff.
She was promoted to a number of positions over the years, including department
head for low temperature physics, department head for condensed matter
physics and semiconductor physics and director of Bell Lab’s physical
research lab. In 2000, Murray became vice president for physical sciences
and then senior vice president in 2001. In this role, Murray managed
the wireless, nanotechnology and physical research laboratories and was
responsible for the relationship of Bell Labs Research with outside businesses,
consortiums and government agencies.
“The technology at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is excellent,” said
Murray. “I am very impressed by the breadth of science and engineering
as well as the strong physics component and also the interest the lab has in
working closely with industry and academia, as well as the government. I am looking
forward to managing science and technology on a national scale and to serving
our nation with this wonderful capability.”
In her new position, Murray will lead and oversee the Laboratory’s science
and technology activities. This will include the development of the strategic
science and technology plan; development of standards for scientific research
performance and program quality; and oversight of efforts to recruit, develop
and retain the Laboratory’s scientific, engineering and technical workforce.
Murray will also direct the Laboratory’s $110 million institutional research
and development program, collaborating closely with University of California
faculty and staff.
Murray received her BS and Ph.D in physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
She serves on the governing boards of the National Research Council and Argonne
National Laboratory, and the Executive Board and Council of the National Academy
of Science. Murray is also a fellow of the American Physical Society and the
American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1989, she won the APS
Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award. She is the author of two patents and more than 75
publications.
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laboratory, with a mission to ensure national security and apply science and
technology to the important issues of our time. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
is managed by the University of California for the National Nuclear Security
Administration/Department of Energy.
Laboratory news releases and photos are also available electronically
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