U.S. Department of Energy names permanent manager for Oakland Operations Office.OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 1995--The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that Dr. James M. Turner is the new permanent manager of its Oakland Operations Office in Oakland. He has been acting manager since Nov. 6, 1994. He first joined the Oakland Operations Office from Washington as deputy manager in September 1994. "I am looking forward to the challenges presented by this management opportunity and I am very pleased I will be able to continue building additional partnerships with the Oakland community," Turner commented. As manager, Turner will be responsible for 440 federal employees in an office with an annual budget of nearly $1.6 billion dollars. The principal mission of the Department's Oakland Operations Office is the management of the federal research and development contracts for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: see Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (body) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - (LLNL) A research organaisatin operated by the University of California under a contract with the US Department of Energy. , the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, scientific research centers run by the Univ. of California, located in Berkeley, Calif., and Livermore, Calif., respectively. , the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) is a United States Department of Energy National Laboratory operated by Stanford University under the programmatic direction of the U.S. , and the Energy Technology Engineering Center near Simi Valley, Calif. In addition, the office is responsible for a number of research and development programs and projects in basic energy research, environmental restoration and waste management, magnetic fusion energy, national security, biomedical research, and nuclear energy. The office oversees many active technology transfer research and development agreements utilizing technologies developed by its laboratories. Since 1988 and prior to his transfer to California, Turner had been serving as director of the Office of Weapons Surety in the department's Washington headquarters, where he had primary responsibility for the nuclear explosive and weapons safety program. Starting in 1991, he concurrently served as Deputy U.S. Negotiator for the Safe, Secure Dismantlement of Nuclear Weapons in the Former Soviet Union (FSU FSU Florida State University FSU Former Soviet Union FSU Ferris State University FSU Fayetteville State University (North Carolina) FSU Frostburg State University FSU Finance Sector Union ). He has been with the Department of Energy since 1977 in increasingly responsible positions. Prior to joining the department, Turner was an associate professor of Physics and Engineering at Morehouse College in Atlanta and an assistant professor of Physics at Southern University, Baton Rouge, La. He was awarded a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree, with honors, at Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. , Baltimore, in 1966 and a Ph.D in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, in 1971. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa Phi Beta Kappa: see fraternity. Phi Beta Kappa Leading academic honour society in the U.S., which draws its membership from college and university students. The oldest Greek-letter society in the U.S. and has been a member of the federal government's Senior Executive Service since 1988. He is also a member of several prestigious scientific societies and black professional and social organizations. Turner and his wife Paulette live in Danville, Calif., with their two children, James IV and Lauren. CONTACT: U.S. Department of Energy John Belluardo, 510/637-1809 |
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