David W. Garrett
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                                                      
January 12, 1993
(Phone:  202/538-1600)

RELEASE:  93-11

LEE NAMED NASA PROCUREMENT CHIEF

     NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today announced the 
appointment of Deidre A. Lee as Acting Associate Administrator 
for Procurement.  Lee replaces Don G. Bush who announced his 
intention to leave NASA in November 1992.

     "Deidre Lee brings experience, considerable skills and 
boundless energy to this position at a time when NASA procurement 
activities are undergoing dynamic reform," Goldin said.

     Lee had been serving as Deputy Assistant Administrator for 
Procurement since September 1992.  Prior to that she was the 
Executive Officer to NASA's Acting Deputy Administrator.  
Earlier, she managed a variety of procurement activities in both 
NASA and the Air Force.  

     Before joining the NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, in 
1984, Lee was involved in major Air Force procurement activities 
for the systems and logistics commands and for the Pacific Air 
Forces.  At Johnson, she served in numerous acquisition positions 
with her final assignment being Chief of Space Shuttle 
procurement.

     Coming to NASA Headquarters in April 1991, Lee became Deputy 
Director of the Advanced Procurement Planning Division where she 
managed policy development, coordinated agency procurement 
initiatives and represented NASA on several internal and external 
teams studying key procurement issues.  She also served as 
Special Assistant to the Assistant Administrator for Procurement.

     Lee has a masters degree in public administration from the 
University of Oklahoma and attended the Middle Management Program 
of the Graduate School of Management of Simmons College, Boston.

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