Neal Francis Lane

Neal Lane
7th Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
In office August 4, 1998 – January 20, 2001
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Kerri-Ann Jones (Acting)
Succeeded by	Rosina Bierbaum (Acting)
10th Director of the National Science Foundation
In office January 20, 1993 – December 13, 1998
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Walter Massey
Succeeded by	Rita Colwell
3rd Chancellor of the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
In office July 24, 1984 – May 14, 1986
Preceded by	Donald Schwartz
Succeeded by	Dwayne Nuzum
Personal details
Born	Cornelius Francis Lane (1938-08-22) August 22, 1938 (age 86) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Education	University of Oklahoma (BS, MS, PhD)
Scientific career
Fields	Theoretical physics Atomic physics Molecular physics
Institutions	Rice University National Science Foundation University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Thesis	A study of certain inelastic electron-atom collision processes (1965)
Doctoral advisor	Chun Chia Lin
Other academic advisors	Alexander Dalgarno

Cornelius Francis "Neal" Lane (born August 22, 1938), is an American physicist and senior fellow in science and technology policy at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy and Malcolm Gillis University Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy Emeritus at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

He has served as chancellor of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, provost of Rice University, and Science Advisor to the President (Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) during the Bill Clinton Administration). Lane lectures and writes on matters of science and technology policy.^[1]