Newman To Be Sworn in As NASA Deputy Administrator in Mid-May
Dava Newman will be sworn in as NASA’s next Deputy Administrator in mid-May according to a NASA spokesperson.
Allison Kelly of NASA’s Office of Communications told SpacePolicyOnline.com via email that Newman will begin work at NASA Headquarters “the week of May 18th.” Details of the swearing-in ceremony, including whether media will be allowed to cover it, are yet to be confirmed, she added.
Newman’s nomination was approved by the Senate on April 27, 2015 by a vote of 87-0. President Obama initially nominated her in October 2014 and renominated her when the 114th Congress convened in January 2015. She is a professor of aeronautics and astronautics and engineering systems at MIT.
She will succeed Lori Garver, who left the agency in September 2013.
Dr. Dava Newman. Photo credit: MIT
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