Mike Holland will step down as budget examiner at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Executive Office of the President April 29. Mike was the fusion budget examiner. He will be moving to the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President.

Franco Porcelli has become the new editor of Physics Letters A, for the section concerning Plasma and Fluid Physics. He succeeds Miklos Porkolab. He can be contacted at phys.lett.a@polito.it

Kurt Schoenberg has been named Deputy Division Leader of the LANSCE Division at Los Alamos. LANSCE is the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center.

Joel Schultz, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, is the recipient of the IEEE 2002 Fusion Techology Award.

Lance Snead (ORNL) and Neal Morley (UCLA) are the recipients of the Miya-Abdou award recognizing outstanding contributions to fusion nuclear technology by persons relatively early in their careers.

Alexei G. Sitenko, an outstanding plasma and nuclear physicist, passed away February 11 at the age of 75. He was a member of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.

James Van Damm has been named Interim Director for the Institute of Fusion Studies, University of Texas at Austin. He succeeds Richard Hazeltine, who has returned to full time teaching and research. Francois Waelbroeck has been named Assistant Director.