THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release October 13, 2000 PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES DR. HANS MARK AS ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAMS The President today announced his intent to nominate Dr. Hans Mark as Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs. Dr. Hans Mark, of Austin, Texas, is currently the Director of Defense Research and Engineering and will continue to serve in that capacity. Prior to that, he was a Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin. From 1984 to 1992, Dr. Mark served as Chancellor of the University of Texas System. Prior to joining the University of Texas 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 received an A.B. degree in physics from the University of California at Berkeley and a Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs is the principal staff assistant and advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology for all matters concerning the formulation of policy and plans for nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. 30-30-30
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