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Robert W. Corell, National Science Foundation Assistant Director for Geosciences, Reappointed

Robert W. Corell, National Science Foundation Assistant Director for Geosciences, has been reappointed to his present position through December, 1999. In addition to overseeing the activities of the Geosciences Directorate, Corell will assist in the search for his year 2000 successor, and then plans to remain actively engaged in the geosciences community in a different capacity.

Corell was appointed on June 29, 1987 to be the Assistant Director for Geosciences, a Directorate comprised of the Divisions of Atmospheric Sciences, Earth Sciences, and Ocean Sciences. Further, since 1987 Corell has chaired the interagency Committee that oversees the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP).