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	Elachi to Take Top Job at JPL By Brian Berger Spacenews.com Staff Writer posted: 04:55 pm ET 31 January 2001

WASHINGTON Charles Elachi will replace Edward Stone as director of the NASA-funded Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif

WASHINGTON -- Charles Elachi will replace Edward Stone as director of the NASA-funded Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, California. He assumes the post May 1.

David Baltimore, president of the California Institute of Technology, announced the change of leadership during a Jan. 31 assembly at JPL. The Pasadena school manages JPL for NASA.

Elachi, a JPL veteran, has served as the field centers director of space and Earth science programs since 1994. He holds numerous advanced degrees from universities in France and the United States.

Stone announced last spring that he would step down this year as the head of JPL, a post he has held since 1991. He plans to resume his teaching and research career at the California Institute of Technology.

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