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     The President intends to nominate  John J. Young  to be Assistant Secretary      of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition. Mr. Young has been      with the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense since 1991.
    
     Ann Lansinger, the director of the Baltimore's Emerging Technology      Center, has been named the first president of the Maryland Business Incubation      Association, a new organization representing the state's eight publicly funded      incubators in the state.
    
    SSTI has learned through the KTEC SBIR Bulletin that  Clyde Engert      will be retiring as Vice President of Innovation & Market Research at      KTEC on July 1, 2001. Mr Engert has been a long-active champion of state SBIR      outreach and financial assistance. His services will be missed by Kansas companies      and the national SBIR community.
    
     SSTI welcomes  Brandon Lawrence to its staff as a Graduate Research      Assistant. Brandon holds a BS in microbiology from Miami University (Ohio)      and is working on his MBA at Ohio State University.
    
    


