Diana Josephson

Diana H. Josephson
Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
In office
February 26, 1993 – 1997
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byRay Kammer[1]
Succeeded byScott Gudes[2]
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Acting
In office
February 26, 1993 – May 28, 1993
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byJohn Knauss
Succeeded byD. James Baker
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Environments
In office
1997 – September 5, 2000
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byCheryl A. Kandaras[3]
Succeeded byGeoffrey G. Prosch[4]
Personal details
Born(1936-10-17)October 17, 1936
London, England
DiedMarch 6, 2006(2006-03-06) (aged 69)
Boulder, Colorado
Alma materSomerville College, Oxford
George Washington University
OccupationLawyer, Bureaucrat
Awards

Diana Hayward Josephson (October 17, 1936 – March 6, 2006) was the first woman to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) when she became the acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere in 1993.

  1. ^ "NIST Director Kammer to Retire at Year's End". NIST. 15 December 2000. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  2. ^ Congressional Directory 2000 (PDF). 6 December 2000. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  3. ^ "CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY FOR THE 104TH CONGRESS (1995-1996)" (PDF). Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  4. ^ "DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE" (PDF). Retrieved 1 May 2018.