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President Bush Nominates OSTP Head
On June 25, President Bush named John H. Marburger, III, as Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).
Marburger, 60, currently is the Director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and President of Brookhaven Science Associates. Presently, however, he is on a leave of absence from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he served as President and Professor from 1980 to 1994 and as a University Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering from 1994 to 1997.
Among Marburger's tasks will be to review the nation's energy efficiency. As President Bush's science advisor, he will make recommendations on numerous issues including stem cell research, the human genome, nuclear weapons, bioterrorism, space, endangered species, the Internet and the training of scientists. Marburger also will assist the President in filling roughly 75 high-level scientific jobs in the federal government.
Marburger served as the Dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California from 1976 to 1980. He has been a member of numerous professional, civic and philanthropic organizations including the Universities Research Association, the Advisory Committee to the New York State Senate Committee on Higher Education, and the Board of Directors of the Museums at Stony Brook.
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