KOONIN NAMED TO LANS, LLNS BOARDS OF GOVERNORS

Former DOE Under Secretary of Science Steve Koonin has been named to the Board of Governors for the LLCs that run Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories. Koonin left the Department last year and currently heads up New York University’s Center for Urban Science and Progress. He’ll officially join the Boards of Governors at the labs July 1, and will also head up the Mission Committee of the boards, which “serves in an advisory role to review current and future national security issues and Laboratory initiatives, capabilities and strategic plans to address these issues.” In a statement, Norman Pattiz, the chairman of the Boards of Governors that run the labs, called Koonin an “extraordinary scientist with a long and distinguished history as an adviser on national security matters. He brings distinguished scientific and leadership experience in academia, business and government to the Boards.” Pattiz said Koonin served on several advisory boards for the labs when the University of California ran the institutions. “I have been associated with these laboratories for more than 40 years,” Koonin said in a statement. “I look forward to working in this new role to ensure that they remain vibrant technical enterprises supporting important national missions.”