September 25, 1997

Arthur Bienenstock Named Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

Herman Winick (left) and Arthur Bienenstock (right)

The White House has announced the intent to nominate Arthur Bienenstock to the post of Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Bienenstock is Director of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, a division of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.

 

 


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