Nomination of William R. Graham To Be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Adviser to the President

The President today announced his intention to nominate William R. Graham to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and he will also serve as Science Adviser to the President. He would succeed George A. Keyworth II.

Since earlier this year, Dr. Graham has been serving as Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In 1971 Dr. Graham cofounded R&D Associates in Marina Del Rey, CA. Previously, he was a member of the technical staff in the physics department at the Rand Corp., 1965-1971; project officer at the U.S. Air Force Weapons Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, NM, 1962-1965; and a member of the technical staff at Hughes Aircraft Corporation Research Laboratory, 1961-1962. Dr. Graham has served as Chairman, President's General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament; as a member, Defense Nuclear Agency Scientific Advisory Group; and as a consultant, United States-United Kingdom Joint Working Group on Atomic Weapons. He also consulted on other joint programs with United States allies.

Dr. Graham graduated from California Institute of Technology (B.S., 1959) and Stanford University (M.S., 1961 and Ph.D., 1963). He is married, has two children, and resides in McLean, VA. Dr. Graham was born June 15, 1937, in San Antonio, TX.