Cicerone Chosen to Lead National Science Group
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Ralph J. Cicerone, who will step down as chancellor of UC Irvine at the end of the academic year, has been elected the 21st president of the National Academy of Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious scientific societies.
Cicerone, who is a professor of chemistry, will assume his duties at the academy’s Washington, D.C., headquarters July 1.
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