Nomination of David T. Kingsbury To Be an Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation

The President today announced his intention to nominate David T. Kingsbury to be an Assistant Director (Biological, Behavioral and Social Science) of the National Science Foundation. He would succeed Eloise E. Clark.

Since 1981 Dr. Kingsbury has been serving as scientific director of the Naval Biosciences Laboratory and professor of medical microbiology at the University of California (Berkeley). Previously, he was associate professor of microbiology and molecular biology biochemistry at the College of Medicine, University of California (Irvine), in 1976-1981; visiting scientist at the Laboratory of Central Nervous System Studies at the National Institutes of Health in 1978-1979; and assistant professor of medical microbiology and molecular biology and biochemistry at the University of California (Irvine) in 1972-1976. He is the author of numerous publications on microbiology and biochemistry.

He graduated from the University of Washington (B.S., 1962; M.S., 1965) and the University of California at San Diego (Ph.D., 1971). He is married and resides in Berkeley, CA. He was born October 24, 1940, in Seattle, WA.