Neal Francis Lane

Neal Lane
7th Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
In office
August 4, 1998 – January 20, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byKerri-Ann Jones (Acting)
Succeeded byRosina Bierbaum (Acting)
10th Director of the National Science Foundation
In office
January 20, 1993 – December 13, 1998
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byWalter Massey
Succeeded byRita Colwell
3rd Chancellor of the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
In office
July 24, 1984 – May 14, 1986
Preceded byDonald Schwartz
Succeeded byDwayne Nuzum
Personal details
Born
Cornelius Francis Lane

(1938-08-22) August 22, 1938 (age 86)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Oklahoma (BS, MS, PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
Atomic physics
Molecular physics
InstitutionsRice University
National Science Foundation
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
ThesisA study of certain inelastic electron-atom collision processes (1965)
Doctoral advisorChun Chia Lin
Other academic advisorsAlexander 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]

  1. ^ "Neal F. Lane". bakerinstitute.org. Retrieved 2016-02-04.