Dear Colleagues,
The following DOE press release may be of interest
to you.
Norman Graf
Inside the DOE
DOE News
RELEASE DATE: December 16, 2002
Secretary Abraham Establishes
Task Force on the Future of Science Programs at
DOE
MIT President Charles M. Vest
to Serve as Chairman
WASHINGTON, DC -- Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham
today named Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
President Charles M. Vest to head a high-level Task
Force on the Future of Science Programs at the
Department of Energy. The task force will examine
science and technology programs across the department
and consider future priorities for scientific research.
"I am grateful that Chuck Vest has agreed to chair this
important task force." Secretary Abraham said. "I want
to ensure that the Department of Energy remains on the
frontier of research as we address our evolving
missions in the future."
The Task Force on the Future of Science Programs at the
Energy Department will operate as a subcommittee of the
Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB), the highest
external advisory board in the Department of Energy
(DOE). The task force will present its final report to
SEAB next summer. The Secretary of Energy Advisory
Board was chartered in 1990, to provide the Secretary
with timely, balanced, independent advice on the
department's laboratory operations, science, energy and
national security policy issues, and other topics as
directed by the Secretary.
Dr. Vest is President of MIT and a member of the
university's Mechanical Engineering faculty. He serves
on the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and
Technology (PCAST) and is vice chair of the Council on
Competitiveness. He is the former chairman of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Advisory Committee on the Redesign of the Space Station
and the Association of American Universities.
Other members of the task force include:
Dr. John Baldeschwieler, Johnson Professor &
Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology
Mr. Alfred Berkeley III, Vice Chairman, NASDAQ
Dr. Robert Birgeneau, President, University of
Toronto
Dr. James Duderstadt, President Emeritus,
University of Michigan
Dr. MRC Greenwood, Chancellor, University of
California, Santa Cruz
Dr. Ray Irani, Chairman, Occidental Petroleum
Dr. Steve Koonin, Provost, California Institute
of Technology
Dr. Leon Lederman, Director Emeritus, Illinois
Math & Science Academy
Hon. William Martin, Chairman, Washington Policy
& Analysis Inc.
Hon. M. Peter McPherson, President, Michigan State
University and Chairman, Secretary of Energy
Advisory Board
Mr. Steve Papermaster, Chairman, Powershift
Ventures
Ms. Deborah Wince-Smith, President, Council on
Competitiveness
Media Contact:
Jacqueline Johnson, 202/586-5806
Jill Schroeder Vieth, 202/586-4940
Release No. PR-02-262
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http://www.energy.gov/HQPress/releases02/decpr/pr02262.htm
