FPN05-52

Looney, Holland Leave OSTP

July 6, 2005

Pat Looney and Mike Holland left the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) effective mid June and early July, respectively. For the past several years they have been responsible for setting and overseeing U.S, fusion policy and other science and technology policy issues at OSTP, which is headed by the President's Science Advisor, Jack Marburger. Looney reported directly to Marburger and Holland reported to Looney.

They will be replaced by Michael Salamon, a physicist from NASA and Rob Dimeo from the National Institutes of Science and Technology (NIST), respectively.

Looney will take a post at the Brookhaven National Laboratory and Holland will join the staff of the Committee on Science of the U. S. House of Representatives.