NSF PR 96-21 - May 20, 1996
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National Science Board Elects New Leaders
The National Science Board (NSB) has elected a leading
chemist and a president of a major state university
to lead the science policy body for the next two years.
The Board elected Stanford University chemistry professor
Richard N. Zare as its chairman, and University of
Texas at El Paso President Diana Natalicio, who is
a linguist by training, as its vice chairman.
The NSB is the governing body of the National Science
Foundation, and is made up of 24 members drawn from
industry and universities. All Board members are appointed
by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and
serve six-year terms. Zare joined the Board in 1992,
and Natalicio in 1995.
Zare is renowned for his research in laser chemistry,
which has resulted in a greater understanding of chemical
reactions at the molecular level. He received his
B.A. in chemistry and his Ph.D. in chemical physics,
both from Harvard University. Zare taught at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, the University of Colorado
and Columbia University before moving in 1977 to Stanford
University, where he holds a named professorship.
Among his many honors and memberships, he currently
chairs the Council of the National Academy of Sciences.
He also received the National Medal of Science in
1985.
Natalicio joined the UTEP faculty in 1971 and has
served as its President since 1988. She received her
master's in Portuguese and Ph.D. in linguistics from
the University of Texas at Austin. Her major research
interests have focused on second language acquisition
and bilingualism. Natalicio also serves on the NASA
Advisory Council, the Fogarty International Centor
advisory board at NIH and the U.S. Mexico (FulbrightGarcia
Robles) Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange.
She was appointed by President Bush to the Advisory
Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic
Americans and served as chair of the board of the
American Association for Higher Education.
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