Dave Garrett                                                                  
September 14, 1992
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
(Phone:  202/453-8400)


RELEASE:  92-146

DEIDRE A. LEE APPOINTED NASA DEPUTY PROCUREMENT CHIEF

     NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin announced today the 
appointment of Deidre A. Lee, a veteran aerospace acquisitions 
officer, as Deputy Assistant Administrator for Procurement.  

     Lee, who managed a variety of procurement activities in both 
NASA and the Air Force, currently serves as the Executive Officer 
to NASA's Acting Deputy Administrator Aaron Cohen. 

     "We are very fortunate to have a person with Deidre Lee's 
considerable experience and energy to fill this position at a 
time when we are undertaking major reforms in NASA procurement 
activities," Goldin said.

     Lee joined NASA in 1984 and served in numerous acquisition 
positions at the Johnson Space Center, Houston.  Her final 
assignment there was Chief of Space Shuttle procurement.

     She was assigned to Headquarters, Washington, D.C., in April 
1991, as the Special Assistant to the Assistant Administrator for 
Procurement.  In her next assignment as Deputy Director of the 
Advanced Procurement Planning Division, she managed policy 
development and allocation and control of procurement office 
resources.  

     She also coordinated agency procurement initiatives and 
represented NASA on numerous internal and external teams studying 
key procurement issues.  Most notable were those affecting 
resumed human exploration of the solar system. 

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     Lee became the deputy's Executive Officer last April.  In 
this capacity she played a significant coordination role in the 
agency's current Red/Blue Team studies to reduce out-year costs 
of major space and aeronautics projects without undermining 
mission objectives.

     While with the Air Force, Lee was involved in major 
procurement activities for the systems and logistics commands and 
for the Pacific Air Forces.

     She holds a masters degree in public administration from the 
University of Oklahoma and was selected by NASA to attend the 
prestigious Middle Management Program of the Graduate School of 
Management of Simmons College, Boston. 

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