Open AccessExecutive Director Fred Spilhaus Steps Down; Interim Leader Takes AGU Reins
Author(s) -
Weiss Peter
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2009eo050004
Subject(s) - executive director , interim , management , political science , executive board , executive committee , vice president , program director , public administration , law , medicine , medical education , economics
After 39 years as AGU executive director, Fred Spilhaus has stepped down from his post; he will become executive director emeritus. At a 27 January 2009 staff meeting at AGU headquarters, in Washington, D.C., three of the Union officers introduced Robert T. Van Hook, who will serve as interim executive director while AGU conducts a worldwide search for a new executive director. The search is expected to start in the summer of 2009 and to take from 6 to 18 months.