White House to Nominate Dr. Michael Griffin as Next NASA Administrator

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 11, 2005
Personnel Announcement

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate one
individual to serve in his Administration:

The President intends to nominate Michael D. Griffin, of Virginia, to be
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Dr.
Griffin currently serves as Space Department Head at Johns Hopkins
University Applied Physics Laboratory. Prior to that, he was President and
Chief Operating Officer of In-Q-Tel, Inc. He also served in several
positions within Orbital Sciences Corporation, including Chief Executive
Officer of Magellan Systems, Inc. Earlier in his career, Dr. Griffin served
as Chief Engineer at NASA and as Deputy for Technology at the Strategic
Defense Initiative Organization. He received a bachelor's degree in Physics
from Johns Hopkins University; a master's degree in Aerospace Science from
Catholic University of America; a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the
University of Maryland; a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Southern California; a master's degree in Applied Physics from
Johns Hopkins University; a master's degree in Business Administration from
Loyola College; and a master's degree in Civil Engineering from The George
Washington University.

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