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Cora Marrett Confirmed as National Science Foundation Deputy Director
Announced in an NSF press release dated June 1, 2011,
Dr. Cora B. Marrett has been confirmed as the 12th National Science Foundation (NSF) Deputy Director.
Marrett was nominated for the NSF deputy director position by President Obama on August 5, 2010, re-nominated in the new Congress on January 5, 2011,
and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 26, 2011.
Marrett, who has a long history as a top administrator with the science agency, has been serving as acting deputy director of NSF since January of 2009.
She served as the University of Wisconsin's senior vice president for academic affairs for six years, and before that, served as senior vice chancellor
for academic affairs and provost at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst for four years.
NSF Director Subra Suresh said "Dr. Marrett is a familiar leader at the agency, and her continued commitment to NSF's mission makes her well suited
for this role. The agency will truly benefit from her years of experience at both the federal and university levels."