Title:  Commission on Women, Minorities, Disabled in Science,
            Engineering Holds First Meeting at NSF
Date:  April 12, 1999


MEDIA ADVISORY April 12, 1999
PA/M 99-11

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].

************************************************************************
Who:     Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities
             in Science, Engineering and Technology Development

What:    Organizational and First Business Meeting

When:    8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, 1999

Where:   National Science Foundation - Room 1235
             4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va. [Ballston Metro Stop]
************************************************************************
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) 306-1070
[jblument@nsf.gov]