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Neal Francis Lane

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Neal Francis Lane
7th Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
In office
1998–2001
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byJohn Gibbons
Succeeded byJohn Marburger
10th Director of the National Science Foundation
In office
1993–1998
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byWalter Massey
Succeeded byRita Colwell
3rd Chancellor of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
In office
1984–1986
Preceded byDonald Schwartz
Succeeded byDwayne Nuzum
Personal details
BornAugust 22, 1938 (1938-08-22) (age 86)
Oklahoma City
Alma materUniversity of Oklahoma
Scientific career
Fieldstheoretical, atomic, and molecular physics
Institutions
ThesisA study of certain inelastic electron-atom collision processes (1965)
Doctoral advisorChun C. Lin
Other academic advisorsAlexander Dalgarno

Cornelius "Neal" Francis Lane (born August 22, 1938) is an American physicist and political adviser.

He is the Senior Fellow in Science and Technology Policy at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy and Malcolm Gillis University Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy Emeritus at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

He was chancellor of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, provost of Rice University, and Science Advisor to the President (Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) during the Bill Clinton Administration).[1]

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  1. "Neal F. Lane". bakerinstitute.org. Retrieved 2016-02-04.