NSF PA/M 00-15 - September 15, 2000
President Gives Final Approval to New NSB Members
President
Clinton today signed the final documents naming five new members to the
National Science Board (NSB) following Senate confirmation on September
8, 2000.
The new members are: Nina V. Fedoroff - Willaman Professor of Life
Sciences and director, Life Sciences Consortium and Biotechnology Institute,
Pennsylvania State University; Jane Lubchenco - Wayne and Gladys Valley
Professor of Marine Biology and distinguished professor of zoology, Oregon
State University; Diana S. Natalicio - president, University of Texas
at El Paso; Warren M. Washington - senior scientist and head, Climate
Change Research Section, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR);
and John A. White, Jr. - chancellor, University of Arkansas.
The six-year terms for the new NSB members extend until May 2006.
Other members of the NSB confirmed previously with terms ending in
2006 were Michael G. Rossmann - Hanley Distinguished Professor of Biological
Sciences, Purdue University and Daniel Simberloff - Nancy Gore Hunger
Professor of Environmental Science, University of Tennessee. The nomination
of Dr. Mark Wrighton, Chancellor of Washington University, is scheduled
to be considered by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
committee at its next business meeting, currently scheduled for September
19.
The NSB is made up of 24 members who serve six-year terms. One-third
of the board is appointed every two years. NSB members are drawn from
industry and universities, and represent a variety of science and engineering
disciplines and geographic areas. They are selected for their distinguished
service in research, education or public service. The board's dual role
is to advise the President and Congress on science policy and serve as
the governing body for the National Science Foundation.
For more information contact:
Bill Noxon, (703) 292-8070/wnoxon@nsf.gov
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