Date:  May 10, 2010

Contact:  Randy Atkins, Senior Media Relations Officer

National Academy of Engineering

202-334-1508; e-mail <atkins@nae.edu>

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

National Academy of Engineering Elects CHAIR, VICE PRESIDENT, and FOUR CouncilLors

WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Engineering has elected a chair, vice president, and four members to its governing Council.  All terms begin July 1, 2010.

Re-elected to a two-year term as chair is Irwin M. Jacobs, co-founder, retired chief executive officer and chairman, and current board member of Qualcomm Inc., San Diego.  The NAE chair works with the NAE president to promote the Academy and its policies to the engineering community and the public. 

Maxine L. Savitz, retired general manager for technology partnerships of Honeywell Inc. (previously AlliedSignal), Los Angeles, is re-elected to a four-year term as vice president.  In collaboration with the NAE president, the vice president leads development opportunities for the NAE Fund and provides engineering input on legislative and policy issues.

Re-elected to second three-year terms as councillors are Linda M. Abriola, dean of engineering at Tufts University, Medford, Mass.; Ruth A. David, president and chief executive officer of Analytic Services Inc., Arlington, Va.; and Charles Elachi, director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and vice president of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena.  Newly elected to a three-year term is Paul Citron, retired vice president of technology policy and academic relations, Medtronic, Inc., New Brighton, Minn.

Retiring councillor Lawrence T. Papay, chief executive officer and principal of PQR, LLC in La Jolla, Calif., and retired sector vice president of Science Applications International Corp., completed six continuous years of service, the maximum allowed under the Academy’s bylaws. 

The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers.  It is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its members, sharing with NAS the responsibility for advising the federal government.

NAE promotes the technological welfare of the nation by marshalling the knowledge and insights of eminent members of the engineering profession.

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