Powell's former science advisor to speak

orman Neureiter '52, former science and technology advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, will discuss international science cooperation as an instrument of foreign policy at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, at the University.

As a young U.S. Foreign Service officer, Neureiter grew to know Poland during the 1960s fervor for government reform. Now a democracy, Poland can be an important scientific partner with the United States, says the chemist, business executive, and public policy advisor.

Neureiter began his Foreign Service career as deputy science attaché in the American Embassy in Bonn, Germany, before becoming the first U.S. science attaché in Eastern Europe from 1967 to 1969.

From there he carried his scientific portfolio to the White House where he worked for the Nixon administration's Office of Science and Technology to help develop agreements with the former Soviet Union and China.

In 1973, Neureiter began a long association with Texas Instruments, a global semiconductor company, that continued until 1996. He directed operations such as East-West business development, managed the company's Europe division, and later became vice president of the Asia division.

Neureiter's base at the State Department from 2000 to 2003 provided the opportunity to integrate science, technology, and health into the network of foreign policy issues. Neureiter described his role as "contributing directly to developing mutually beneficial scientific and technical cooperation with other countries and thereby strengthen our overall relations with them."

He continues as a consultant to the Department of State and recently was appointed a distinguished presidential fellow for international affairs at the National Academy of Sciences.

The lecture, sponsored by the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies and the Department of Political Science, will be held in the Welles-Brown Room of Rush Rhees Library and is free and open to the public. For more information, call x5-9898.

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