LETTER TO ADMIRAL STANLEY TURNER FROM FRANK PRESS

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• Publication Date: August 15, 1977
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I thought you might be interested in seeing
the attached.
I'm quite pleased with the outstanding
staff we've assembled. We all look forward to
working closely with you on matters of mutual
interest.
Yours sincerely,
Frank Press
Science and Technology
Adviser
Admiral Stanley Turner
Director, CIA
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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, 0. C. 20SOS
23 August 1977
Dear Frank,
Thank you for your note of 15 August.
You certainly have brought together an out-
standing group of individuals to serve on your
staff--my congratulations! We, too, look fotivard
to working with you on matters of mutual interest.
I am also looking forward to seeing you again
on Friday, 26 August.
Dr. Frank Press
Science and Technology Advisor
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20500
August 8, 1977
Washington, G.C.
Contact: Stanley 0. Schneid
[phone]
FRANK PRESS ANNOUNCES KEY STAFF APPOINTMENTS
Dr. Frank Press, Director of the Office of Science and Technoloqy Policy,
and Science and Technology Adviser to the President, has announced a3poii
ments to the principal positions on the OSTP staff. They include th-ee J
sistant directors, a number of policy analysts, and two senior consultan~_!
Mr. Benjamin Huberman will be Assistant Director for National Securi-,y,
International and Space Affairs. He will jointly hold a position on the
National Security Council Staff as Senior Adviser for Technical Affa-rs.
Dr. Gilbert S. Omenn will serve as Assistant Director for Human Resources
and Social and Economic Services, the first to fill this position at OSTI
Mr. Philip M. Smith will hold the position of Assistant Director for
Natural Resources and Commercial Services.
Serving as Senior Policy Analysts are John M. Marcum, with responsibility
for military technology and arms control policy; Anne Keatley, who will
be responsible for international relations; Raphael G. Kasper, who will
deal with environmental matters; Ted Greenwood, who will cover national
security, energy, and resource issues; and Louis H. Blair, a human re-
sources policy analyst, who will serve as Executive Secretary of the
Intergovernmental Science, Engineering and Technology Advisory Panel.
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In addition, William P. Raney, on loan from the Navy, will be a Senior
Policy Analyst with concern over programs of basic research in the mission
agencies of the government, as well as national security issues. Raney
will also serve as Executive Secretary of the Federal Coordinating Council
for Science, Engineering and Technology. Two other members of the senior
professional staff will be Arthur C. Morrissey, policy analyst, who will
be working on space and technology transfer, and Richard A. Meserve, whose
legal and technical background will make it possible for him to deal with a
variety of policy issues of concern to the office. William Montgomery
will hold the administrative post of Executive Officer of OSTP.
Stanley D. Schneider will serve as Assistant to the Director.
Dr. Press also announced his appointment of two Senior Consultants,
Dr. Jack Ruina and Dr. Eugene B. Skolnikoff. Dr. Ruina, prominent in
the field of electrical engineering and also long affiliated with MIT,
and Federal scientific research, will be concerned with matters of
national security and technology transfer. Dr. Skolnikoff, Director of
the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and a world-renowned authority on international science and
technology affairs, will be working in that area of interest.
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Mr. Huberman comes to the OSTP from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission where
he served as Director of the Office of Policy Evaluation. Prior to that,
he was with the National Security Council as Deputy Director of the
Program Analysis Staff. From 1966 to 1973, he served with the U.S. Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency, during which time he was a member of the
U.S. Delegations which negotiated the NPT and SALT agreements. Mr. Hubermat
served in the U.S. Navy from 1960 to 1966, and was assigned from 1961 on as
nuclear power engineer to Admiral Rickover's staff in the Naval Reactor
Branch of the AEC. He is an electrical engineer holding both B.A. and
B.S. degrees from Columbia University and a Diploma of the Imperial Collego
from the University of London, which he attended as a Fulbright Scholar.
Dr. Omenn, whose primary responsibilities as an Assistant Director will
involve him in biomedical, health services, nutritional, environmental
and socioeconomic issues, joined OSTP from the University of Washington
where he served as Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Genetics) and
Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program. On assign-
ment as a White House Fellow in 1973-74, he was an assistant to Dr. Dixy
Lee Ray, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. From 1967 to 1969,
Omenn held a Research Associateship with Dr. Christian B. Anfinsen at
the National Institutes of Health. He has an A.B. degree from Princeton
(1961), an M.D. from Harvard (1965), and a Ph.D. in genetics from the
University of Washington (1972). Active in clinical medicine and genetic
counseling, Dr. Omenn's research interests have included biochemical
studies of the human and primate brain, pharmacogenetics, genetic influ-
ences in behavior, and novel approaches to prenatal diagnosis of genetic
disorders. As Director of the Clinical Scholars Program, he was involved
in health care delivery issues, including impacts of costly new technologi~!!
emergency medical services, bioethics and many aspects of primary care.
He is the author of almost 100 papers and two books.
Mr. Smith, who will be Assistant Director for Natural Resources and
Commercial Services, came to the OSTP from the National Science Foundation
where he served since 1974 as Assistant to the Director, during which time
the Director also held the position of Science Adviser to the Presiden
Smith joined the staff of NSF in 1958. He served subsequently in a va??ietr
of positions as Director of Field Operations, Deputy Head and Acting Had
of the Office of Polar Programs. In 1973, Smith became a member of the
staff of the Office of Management and Budget, serving as Acting Branch
Chief for the General Science Branch. Earlier in his career, Smith
served as a U.S. Army officer specializing in polar logistics and trans-
portation in Greenland and Antarctica. During the International Geophrsic.C
Year, he was a staff member of the U.S. National Committee for the
IGY of the National Academy of Sciences. He was Executive Secretary o}
the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science, 1974-0976.
Smith, who holds B.Sc. and M.A. degrees from Ohio State University, is
the author of a number of articles on polar research and logistics, anti
two books: "Defrosting Antarctic Secrets" and "The Frozen Future."
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Mr. Marcum brings to the OSTP a strong technological and national security
background that includes education in nuclear engineering and physics and
11 years' professional experience in the aerospace industry, Departments of
Defense and State, and on the National Security Council staff. As Deputy
Director of Program Analysis for the NSC from 1975 to January 1977, his
responsibilities included areas such as nuclear weapons and non-proliferation
policy, SALT negotiations and compliance, and other arms control issues.
From 1973-1975, Marcum was the Deputy Director of the Office of Strategic
Affairs at the State Department, and served as a member of several U.S.
Delegations dealing with the above issues. From 1968-1972, he was a staff
member of the Defense Intelligence Agency, DOD, and was an aerospace
engineer with United Aircraft's Pratt & Whitney Research and Development
Center from 1966-1967. He holds a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering and an M.S.
in Applied Mathematics from North Carolina State University, where he
also served as a Graduate Mathematics Instructor 1965-1966. Marcum has
also studied law at Georgetown University, and completed his doctoral
requirements in Nuclear Physics at American University in 1972.
Mrs. Keatley joins the OSTP under contract from the National Academy of
Sciences where she was Staff Director of the Committee on Scholarly
Communications with the Peoples Republic of China from 1971 to May 1977.
Before holding that position, Mrs. Keatley was an administrative assistant
for the Academy's Board on Science and Technology for International
Development. She was graduated from Stetson University in Deland, Florida
in 1963 and has studied the Chinese language at, the Yale-in-China Center
of Chinese University in Hong Kong. Her other graduate studies were at
George Washington and Georgetown Universities. Mrs. Keatley is a member
of the Council on Foreign Relations. 'In 1971, 1973 and 1977, she
visited China, included in delegations of distinguished U.S. scien-
tists and scholars invited by the Chinese government.
Dr. Kasper also comes to the OSTP under contract from the National Academy
of Sciences where he served as a Senior Staff Officer on the Environmental
Studies Board. From 1972-73, he was associated with the Environmental
Policy Study Group in the Program of Policy Studies in Science and
Technology at George Washington University. In the same program at George
Washington from 1968 to 1972, Kasper was a research scientist who
planned and led project activities to examine the acceptance and im-
plementation of technology assessment. He also led a group studying air-
craft noise as part of a project on civil aviation R&D. He is the author
and co-author of numerous books and papers on technology assessment and
science policy, including "Citizen Groups and the Nuclear Power Controversy"
published by MIT Press. Kasper holds a bachelors degree in Engineering
Physics from Cornell and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from
the University of California at Berkeley.
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Dr. Greenwood brings to the OSTP a background in both physics and politic,!]
science. He is on leave as an Assistant Professor of Political Science
at MIT, a position he has held since 1974, during which time he was ilso
a Research Associate in the Program for Science and International
Affairs at Harvard University and a member of the Policy Studies Groap
at the MIT Energy Laboratory. In recent years, he has served as a
consultant to the Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congre?;s,
and was a member of a panel on peaceful nuclear explosions of the U.S.
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Greenwood holds a B.S. degree n
Mathematics and Physics from the University of Toronto, and an S.M.
in Physics and Ph.D. in Political Science, both from MIT. His honor%
include the James Loudon Gold Medal in Mathematics and Physics at the
University of Toronto and a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. He is the au-.hor
of numerous publications on arms control, nuclear weapons and energy
policy.
Dr. Raney comes to the OSTP from the U.S. Navy where he held the position
of Deputy and Chief Scientist of the Office of Naval Research since ;972
From 1964-72, Raney was a Special Assistant for Research on the staf-= of
the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development. Prior
to that, 1962-64, he was the Executive Secretary of the Committee on
Undersea Warfare of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research
Council. In 1960, Raney became an Associate Professor at the University
of Minnesota, where he taught courses in communications theory, circuit
analysis and wave propagation. In 1955, Raney joined the staff of tt;e
Division of Engineering and Applied Physics at Harvard as a postdoctoral
fellow and in 1956 he became an Assistant Professor of Applied Physics.
While at Harvard, he was also a visiting member of the technical staff
of Bell Telephone Laboratories, at Murray Hill, doing experimental r(Zsearc?i
in solid-state physics, phonon-phonon interactions, praetersonics, and the
effects of impurities in semiconductors on dislocation dynamics. He
graduated A.B. cum laude from Harvard in 1950 and was a Corrina Borden
Keen Research Fellow at Brown University in 1953-54. He obtained his
Sc.M. in physics from Brown in 1953, and his Ph.D. in 1955.
Mr. Blair joins the OSTP after serving on the Senior Research Staff cf the
Urban Institute from 1969-76. At the Institute, he worked on projects
involving innovation and technology transfer, the utilization of research,
evaluation and analysis techniques by State and local governments, and
other matters such as waste management, cable television and drug abuse.
From 1971-74, he was also the Mayor of Falls Church, Virginia, and a membe
of the City Council from 1969-74. During 1971-72, he was a consultant to
the Environmental Protection Agency. Blair was a member of the research
staff of the Institute for Defense Analyses from 1966-69. Prior to that,
1963-66, he was an operations analyst for the U.S. Air Force and Analytic
Services, Inc. He was graduated from the University of Virginia in 1961,
receiving a B.S. degree. He holds two graduate degrees in electrical
engineering from MIT, an M.S. received in 1962 and a Professional Enainee,
Degree received in 1963. He was also a research assistant at that Instita-f>.
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Dr. Morrissey will bring to the OSTP a strong background in space af-
fairs and a broad knowledge of technology transfer. Prior to joining
the Office, he was with the Department of State, serving as a Senior
Political-Military-Scientific Officer, in the Bureau of Intelligence
and Research, Office of Strategic Affairs. From 1967 to 1975,
Dr. Morrissey held various positions in the Central Intelligence
Agency, where he was involved with scientific and technical intelli-
gence analysis and technological forecasting, particularly as related
to technological developments in China and East: Asia. He received his
Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of South Carolina in
1967. From 1963 to 1967, he taught general/analytical chemistry at that
University, after receiving his B.A. degree in 1963 from Washington
and Jefferson College. Dr. Morrissey has also studied science policy
at The George Washington University.
Dr. Meserve is another member of the OSTP staff enjoying a dual back-
ground. He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University
received in 1976, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he was
graduated in 1975 magna cum laude. He earned his B.A. degree from
Tufts University 1962-66. Or. Meserve holds numerous academic honors
both in science and law. While at Harvard, he was an editor and senior
editor of the Harvard Law Review. He has co-authored two scientific
papers on the dynamic properties of Heisenberg paramagnets in various
dimensions. During 1975-76, he was law clerk to Justice Benjamin
Kaplan, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and in 1976-77, he served
as law clerk to Associate Justice Harry A. Blackmun, U.S. Supreme Court.
Dr. Ruina, as a Senior Consultant to Dr. Press, will provide expert analysis
and guidance in matters related to national security and technology transfer.
His educational background includes a B.E.E. from City College of New York,
1944; an M.E.E. and D.E.E. received from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
in 1949 and 1951. From 1948 to 1950, Dr. Ruina was a research fellow with
the Microwave Research Institute at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
During the period of 1950-54, he rose from the position of instructor to
that of Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Brown University.
Between 1954-1963, Dr. Ruina was with the University of Illinois, beginning
as a Research Associate Professor and ending his term as a Professor of
Electrical Engineering. Since 1963, he has been a Professor of Electrical
Engineering at MIT and, from 1966-1970, he served as Vice President for
Special Labs at MIT. While on leave from MIT, Dr. Ruina served the
U.S. Government in various capacities. He was President of the Institute
for Defense Analyses (1964-66); Assistant Director of Defense Research and
Engineering, Department of Defense (1960-61); Director of the Advanced
Research Projects Agency, DOD (1961-63), and a member of several panels
of the President's Science Advisory Committee (1963-72). He has also
served on numerous advisory boards and panels for DOD, HEW, DOT and the NSF.
He was a member of the General Advisory Committees of the Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency and the National Security Council.
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Dr. Skolnikoff, who will be a Senior Consultant to Dr. Press, brines
to the OSTP outstanding expertise in international science and teci-
nology affairs as a nationally recognized authority in this field.
Dr. Skolnikoff received a Ph.D. in Political Science from MIT in 165,
after earlier degrees in electrical engineering (S.B. 1949, S.M. 1c50)
from MIT, and an M.A. and B.A. in 1952 from Oxford University in
England. At Oxford, he studied philosophy, politics, and economics
under a Rhodes Scholarship. In the intervening years after Oxford,
Dr. Skolnikoff worked at MIT for several years, and then served on the
White House staff in the Office of the Special Assistant to the
President for Science and Technology, the latter from 1958-63 under
Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy. He became a member of the faculty
of the Political Science Department at MIT in 1965, and chairman of
the Department from 1970-74. In 1972, Dr. Skolnikoff was named
Director of the Center for International Studies at MIT, the position
he now holds, along with a Professorship in Political Science. He
has been a consultant to various Federal agencies, including the
former White House Office of Science and Technology, the State
Department, AID, and others, and has consulted for private and inter-
national organizations. Dr. Skolnikoff is a member of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Council on Foreign Relations and
numerous other organizations. He has received many awards and is the
author of many articles and books on international and scientific affair:.
Mr. Montgomery, who will serve in the position of Executive Officer,
comes to the OSTP from the National Science Foundation. At NSF,
from 1975-76, he was Special Assistant to the Director of the Science an-
Technology Policy Office and to the Acting Director for Science, TechnolL:.cy
and International Affairs. Prior to that, Montgomery was active in private
industry management, from 1961-66 at American Telephone & Telegraph
Company and from 1966-75 at LogEtronics, where he held a position as
a company Vice President. Montgomery graduated from the U.S. Naval
Academy in 1954 and received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in
1961. In the intervening years, he saw service in the U.S. Navy as an
officer in the Submarine Force.
Mr. Schneider joined the OSTP as Assistant to the Director followini fire
years as Senior Science Writer to the Director of the National Science
Foundation, 1972-76. From 1964-72, he was Assistant to the Chairman of .. e
Atomic Energy Commission. Schneider joined the AEC in 1963 to serve as adio-
visual and public affairs specialist following three years as an indepencant
motion picture and television writer. During that time, 1961-63, he wa: in-
volved in the writing and production of some 20 documentary films for tlw USIA,
FAA, AEC, Public Health Service and other government and private or1lani4?at~ons.
From 1958-61, Schneider was a staff writer for the country's first color
television production center for medical education, a unit set up b, thV
Surgeon General of the Army at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. As a
TV and radio writer from 1954-58, Schneider wrote for network production,-
and several TV and film personalities. He received his B.A. degree frogs
New York University in 1949, following service with the U.S. Air Force
from 1942-46.
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