




			    THE WHITE HOUSE

		     Office of the Press Secretary

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For Immediate Release                                     April 12, 1994



	   PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES ANNE C. PETERSEN AS DEPUTY 
	       DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

     President Clinton today announced his intention to nominate Dr.
Anne C. Petersen as Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation.
She will be the first woman to serve in one of the two top management
posts at the Foundation in its 44 year history.

     "I am pleased today to name a leading scientist and administrator
to our experienced team of science and technology leaders," the
President said.  "Anne Petersen has impeccable scientific standing as a
social scientist with strong research capabilities in mathematics and
statistics; she also is an outstanding administrator with a significant
track record as a Dean at two major universities: Penn State and the
University of Minnesota."

     Anne C. Petersen, a scientist with more than 20 years of experience
in the social sciences and mathematics -- psychology, adolescent
development, and statistics, has served since 1992 as Vice President for
Research, Dean of the Graduate School, and Professor of Adolescent
Development and Pediatrics, University of Minnesota.  Prior to her
service at Minnesota, Petersen served as Dean of the College of Health
and Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University.

     Petersen has been a consultant for a number of years to the Robert
Woods Johnson and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundations in
their health programs.  For two years, 1980-82, she served as Associate
Director of the MacArthur Foundation's Health Program.  In addition,
Petersen has been a faculty member, Department of Psychiatry, University
of Chicago and was associated with several medical institutions:
Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, the West Side Veterans
Hospital, and the University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago.
Petersen earned a B.A. in mathematics in 1966, a M.S. in statistics in
1972, and a Ph.D. in 1973, all from the University of Chicago.  She
began her career as a mathematician and computer systems analyst at the
National Security Agency, Fort Meade, Maryland.

     The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency
whose Director, Dr. Neal Lane, reports to the President and works with a
24-person National Science Board, appointed by the President and
confirmed by the Senate.  The NSF supports a wide range of scientific
and engineering research with a current budget of about $3.2 billion.
The Director is a member of the National Science and Technology Council,
chaired by the President.

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