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NSF PA/M 99-11 - April 12, 1999

Commission on Women, Minorities, Disabled in Science, Engineering Holds First Meeting at NSF

The National Science Foundation [NSF] will host the first meeting of the Congressionally-mandated Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology Development on Wednesday, April 14.

The commission was established under legislation passed by the 105th Congress [P.L. 105-255], in response to a 1996 NSF report on women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering.

The commission meeting, which begins at 8:30 a.m., will include remarks by NSF Director Dr. Rita Colwell; Assistant Commerce Secretary-Designate Kelly Carnes; NIH Deputy Director Dr. Ruth Kirschstein; Dr. Anita Borg, President and Founding Director of the Institute for Women and Technology; and Drs. Jeanne Griffith and Mary Golladay of the NSF's Division of Science Resources Studies [SRS].

To facilitate passage through security, the public should contact Lisa Mackall in advance at (703) 306-1002 [lmackall@nsf.gov]. The media should contact Joel Blumenthal in advance at (703) 292-8070 [jblument@nsf.gov]

 
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