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Title  : NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD ELECTS NEW LEADERS
Type   : Press Release
NSF Org: OD / LPA
Date   : May 20, 1996
File   : pr9621




Media contact:                          May 20, 1996
Mary E. Hanson                          NSF PR 96-21

(703)306-1070/mhanson@nsf.gov

Program contact:
Jean Pomeroy (703)306-2000/jpomeroy@nsf.gov

      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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