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
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