May 4, 1998
PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES HANS MARK DIRECTOR OF DEFENSE RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Los Angeles, California)
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For Immediate Release May 4, 1998
PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES HANS MARK DIRECTOR OF DEFENSE RESEARCH AND
ENGINEERING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
The President today announced his intent to nominate Dr. Hans Mark to
serve as Director of Defense Research and Engineering.
Dr. Hans Mark, of Austin, Texas, is currently a Professor of Aerospace
Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Mark also served as Chancellor of The University of Texas System from
1984 to 1992. Prior to joining UT in 1984, Dr. Mark was the Deputy
Administrator of NASA, having been appointed to that position in March
1981, by President Reagan. He was Secretary of the Air Force from April
1979, to February 1981, and Under Secretary of the Air Force from April
1977, to April 1979. Before coming to Washington he was the director of
the NASA-Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California from 1969 to
1977.
Dr. Mark earned an A.B. degree in physics from the University of
California at Berkeley in 1951, and a Ph.D. in physics from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1954.
The Director of Defense Research and Engineering is the chief
technical advisor to the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Technology on defense science and technology
development, priorities, programs and strategies including scientific and
technical matters, basic and applied research, and advanced technology
development.
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