Press Statement - August 19, 1996

NSF PR 96-41
Media contact:	Beth Gaston	(703) 306-1070	egaston@nsf.gov

Statement by Dr. Neal Lane
Director, National Science Foundation

On Appointment of Acting Deputy Director

I am pleased to name Joseph Bordogna as acting deputy director of the National Science Foundation, effective September 16. Dr. Bordogna will relieve Dr. Anne Petersen, NSF's deputy director since September 1994, who has accepted a senior position with the Kellogg Foundation. While I deeply regret Anne Petersen's departure, I am delighted that this will be a smooth transition. Joe Bordogna brings to this position the management strength, organizational skills, professional reputation, and knowledge of NSF that are so essential to the deputy director's job.

Bordogna came to NSF from the University of Pennsylvania in 1991, and since then has headed NSF's Directorate for Engineering. An engineer by training and profession, he has received numerous engineering awards. His strong connections with industry have helped to move NSF, and the entire science and engineering community, toward increased university-industry collaboration. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Governor's team which developed the Ben Franklin Partnership, the State of Pennsylvania's technology deployment initiative. No stranger to policy-making, Bordogna has been a leader in many NSF policy-setting activities. He has actively represented NSF in a variety of committees and working groups of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC).

Like the director, NSF's deputy director is presidentially appointed. Joe Bordogna is exactly the right person to keep NSF moving along the right track until a permanent deputy is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.