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President to Nominate Anita Jones as DOD Research HeadThe White House Press Secretary announced on March 31, 1993 that President Clinton will nominate Anita Jones to be Director of Defense Research and Engineering. Jones is currently the chair of the Executive Advisory Committee (EAC) for the Center for Research on Parallel Computation. "At this time of change and uncertainty, it is imperative that we have a top-flight team at the Pentagon," said the President. "[Anita has] what it takes to keep the Defense Department moving forward." In addition to serving as chair for the EAC, Dr. Jones is Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia. She is a founder and Vice President of Tartan Laboratories, serves on the Defense Science Board, and has previously served on the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Jones is the Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Computer Systems and has published two books and numerous articles on computer software and systems. From 1973 to 1982, she was an Assistant and Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, from which she holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science. She also holds an M.A. from the University of Texas, Austin and an A.B. from Rice University. Table of Contents |