NSF Director Resigns
February 13, 2004 - Rita Colwell, Ph.D., Feb. 11 announced
her intention to step down as Director of the National Science
Foundation (NSF), effective Feb. 21. Dr. Colwell will assume
the position of Chairman of Canon U.S. Life Sciences, a subsidiary
of Canon USA, Inc., whose goal is to identify and develop
life-science solutions with potential applications in diagnostics
and medical instrumentation. A microbiologist and recognized
expert on cholera and infectious diseases, Dr. Colwell will
also serve as Distinguished University Professor at the University
of Maryland, College Park, and on the faculty of The Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Colwell has
served as director of the Foundation since August 1998. The
White House has named Arden Bement, Ph.D., a materials engineer
and currently head of the National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST), as acting director.
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