Bruce B. Darling named executive officer of the National Academy of Sciences and National Research C

Bruce B. Darling, currently vice president for laboratory management at the University of California, will soon join the National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council as executive officer. His transition from the university to NAS will occur over the next several months. He will succeed E. William Colglazier, who now serves as science and technology adviser at the U.S. Department of State.

At the University of California (UC), Darling has been responsible for management oversight of the three national laboratories operated by the university for the U.S. Department of Energy: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, for which UC is sole contractor, and Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratories, which are managed by limited liability companies formed by the university and three private-sector partners.

‘Bruce Darling is a talented and experienced analyst of science and engineering programs, of science policy, and of higher education,’ said Ralph Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences and chair of the National Research Council. ‘His experience in managing major science enterprises for the federal government on behalf of leading academic institutions will serve us well.’