[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 13, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S1347]
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      By Mr. COCHRAN (for himself, Mr. Frist, and Mr. Leahy):
  S.J. Res. 5. A joint resolution providing for the appointment of 
Walter E. Massey as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the 
Smithsonian Institution; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, today I am introducing a Senate joint 
resolution appointing a citizen regent to the Board of Regents of the 
Smithsonian Institution. I am pleased that my fellow Smithsonian 
Institution Regents, the Senator from Tennessee, Mr. Frist, and the 
Senator from Vermont, Mr. Leahy, are cosponsors.
  At its meeting on January 22, 2001, the Smithsonian Institution Board 
of Regents recommended Dr. Walter E. Massey for appointment to the 
Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents.
  I ask unanimous consent that the biography of the nominee and the 
text of the joint resolution be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 5

       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. APPOINTMENT OF CITIZEN REGENT OF THE BOARD OF 
                   REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

       (a) In General.--In accordance with section 5581 of the 
     Revised Statutes (20 U.S.C. 43), the vacancy on the Board of 
     Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, in the class other 
     than Members of Congress, occurring by reason of the 
     expiration of the term of Frank A. Shrontz of Washington on 
     May 4, 2000, is filled by the appointment of Walter E. Massey 
     of Georgia.
       (b) Term.--The appointment is for a term of 6 years 
     beginning on the date of enactment of this joint resolution.
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                               Biography

       Massey, Walter Eugene, physicist, science foundation 
     administrator; b. Hattiesburg, Miss., Apr. 5, 1938; s. Almor 
     and Essie (Nelson) M.; m. Shirley Streeter, Oct. 25, 1969; 
     children: Keith Anthony, Eric Eugene. BS, Morehouse Coll., 
     1958; MA, Washington U., St. Louis, 1966, PhD, 1966. 
     Physicist Argonne (Ill.) Nat. Lab., 1966-68; asst. prof. 
     physics U. Ill., Urbana, 1968-70; assoc. prof. Brown U., 
     Providence, 1970-75, prof., dean of Coll., 1975-79; prof. 
     physics U. Chgo., 1979-93; dir. Argonne Nat. Lab., 1979-84; 
     v.p. for rsch. and for Argonne Nat. Lab. U. Chgo., 1984-91; 
     dir. NSF, Washington, 1991-93; sr. v.p. acad. affairs U. 
     Calif. System, 1993-95; pres. Morehouse Coll., Atlanta, 
     1995--; mem. NSB, 1978-84; cons. NAS, 1973-76. A scientist 
     and educator for the past 30 years, with significant 
     influence in higher education (especially science and math 
     education) and in educational administration, Walter Massey 
     has done extensive research in the study of quantum liquids 
     and solids. In 1966, while a physics professor at the 
     University of Chicago, he was instrumental in the founding of 
     the Argonne National Laboratory for the University, where he 
     served as director from 1979-84. He was responsible for 
     budget planning and allocations and programmatic oversight of 
     the three national laboratories managed by the University of 
     California from 1993-95. He is currently the ninth president 
     of Morehouse College, the nation's only historical black, 
     four-year liberal arts college for men. Contbr. articles on 
     sci. edn. in secondary schs. and in theory of quantum fluids 
     to profl. jours. Bd. fellows Brown U., 1980-90, Mus. Sci. and 
     Industry, Chgo., 1980-89, Ill. Math. and Sci. Acad., 1985-88; 
     bd. dirs. Urban League R.I., 1973-75. NAS fellow, 1961, NDEA 
     fellow, 1959-60, AAAS fellow, 1962. Mem. AAAS (bd. dirs. 
     1981-85, pres.-elect 1987-88, pres. 1988-89, chmn. 1989-90), 
     Am. Phys. Soc. (councillor-at-large 1980-83, v.p. 1990), 
     Sigma Xi. Office: Morehouse Coll 830 Westview Dr SW Atlanta 
     GA 30314-3773.

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