Dr. Eva J. Pell Appointed Under Secretary for Science

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Summary

  • Dr. Eva J. Pell is appointed Under Secretary for Science for the Smithsonian Institution. Pell replaced Acting Under Secretary Charles R. Alcock of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, who replaced Acting Under Secretary Ira Rubinoff of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, who served in the position after David L. Evans resigned in 2007.
  • Since 1973, Pell worked at Pennsylvania State University as a faculty member, Vice President for Research, Dean of the Graduate School, and was named Senior Vice President and Dean in 2006. Pell's research areas include, biology, environmental science, plant pathology, and agricultural sciences. She also has experience in developing cross-disciplinary studies for life sciences, materials, energy and environment, social sciences, cyber science, and arts and humanities.

Subject

  • Pell, Eva J
  • Rubinoff, Ira
  • Alcock, Charles R
  • Clough, G. Wayne
  • Evans, David L
  • Undersecretary for Science

Notes

SI Email Announcements, Message from the Secretary, August 13, 2009.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Date

  • August 13, 2009
  • 2009

Topic

  • Women
  • Appointments
  • Environmental sciences
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Employees
  • Women Scientists
  • Biologists
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

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