CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Following a presidential election in which many Fellows of the American Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ played pivotal advisory roles in the campaigns of both major party candidates, at least eight Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ members have been selected for senior roles in President Barack Obama’s administration. They include:
Two Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Fellows completed their terms as members of President George W. Bush’s cabinet: Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
- Steven Chu (University of California, Berkeley; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
—Secretary of Energy - John Holdren (Woods Hole Research Center; Harvard University)
—Assistant to the President for Science and Technology; Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; and Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology - Elena Kagan (Harvard Law School)
—Solicitor General - Eric Lander (Broad Institute)
—Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology - Jane Lubchenco (Oregon State University)
—Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Lawrence Summers (Harvard University)
—Director of the National Economic Council - Cass Sunstein (Harvard Law School)
—Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Harold Varmus (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)
—Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Two Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Fellows completed their terms as members of President George W. Bush’s cabinet: Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.