Academy members, with high hopes for his administration, expect Alberts to boost NAS's image and influence
"The academy is going to change under Alberts because of the kind of person he is," says NAS member Marilyn Farquhar, coordinator of the new division of cellular and molecular medicine at UC-San Diego.
Farquhar and other academy members say that, with the current funding crisis in the United States government and here, it is especially important for the academy, which represents the country's most highly respected scientists, to help shape national science and technology policy. To that end, they say, it is important for the academy to have a leader who will be able to work with the Clinton administration--and who can inspire his constituents to speak out for working researchers. Alberts fits the bill in this respect, they say.
"Bruce Alberts will stimulate his colleagues to become more active in policy issues--by ...
