University of California names
George Miller interim Livermore Lab
director

By Jeff Shuttleworth, Bay City News Service

March 16, 2006

LIVERMORE (BCN) - The University of California announced today that veteran university employee George H. Miller has been appointed interim director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

UC President Robert Dynes, acting with the approval of U.S.

Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and the UC Board of Regents, made the appointment.

UC officials said Miller will take office immediately and is expected to serve through the remainder of the university's current contract to manage Livermore Laboratory, which runs through Sept. 30, 2007.

Miller replaces Michael Anastasio, who is now head of the Los Alamos National Security LLC, which was recently awarded the contract to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory.

In a statement, Dynes said Miller, who has worked for the university for 34 years and is a nuclear weapons and national security expert, "has shown tremendous leadership and expertise in nuclear weapons design and the management of large scale facilities."

Dynes said that as the laboratory prepares for a forthcoming competition as to who should run it, "George is the right person to lead this laboratory and the dedicated men and women who serve our nation."

Dynes said, "Livermore Laboratory continues to be an integral part of the nation's stockpile stewardship program while also being a leader in homeland security efforts. With George at the helm, the laboratory will continue moving forward and providing a great national service to our country."

In a statement, Miller said, "I am truly honored to lead this great lab. I have known and worked with all of the laboratory's previous directors and I have a tremendous amount of respect for their accomplishments."

Miller received his B.S. with high honors in physics in 1967, his M.S. in physics in 1969 and his Ph.D. in physics in 1972, all from the College of William and Mary.

As interim director of Lawrence Livermore, Miller will receive a salary of $369,700.

UC officials said Miller will oversee an operation with a $1.6 billion budget and a work force of approximately 8,600 people.

They said the director's salary, like that of all other UC employees at the laboratory, is paid from funds derived from the federal Department of Energy contract. No general funds from the state are used to pay the director's salary.

Miller and his wife, Sue, are residents of Livermore.

UC officials say that the mission of the Livermore Lab, which was founded in 1952, is to ensure national security and to apply science and technology to the important current issues.

Lawrence Livermore is managed by UC for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.

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