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Kuhlthau Will Assume
Space Research Post

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.,
A. Robert Kuhlthau, professor of
aerospace engineering and associate
provost for research at the University
has been appointed acting
president of the Universities Space
Research Association (USRA).

The announcement was made
today by Frederick Wall, executive
director of the American
Chemical Society and chairman of
the board of trustees of USRA.

The Universities Space Research
Association, with headquarters in
Washington, is a national consortium
of 48 universities founded to
foster co-operation between universities,
the federal government and
other space-oriented organizations
for the advancement of space
research. USRA expects to operate
laboratories and other facilities for
research, development and education
associated with space science
and technology.

Although Mr. Kuhlthau plans to
relinquish his teaching duties, he
will continue as associate provost
for research and maintain some of
his research activities at the University.

As its first activity the consortium
has assumed the responsibility
for the operation of the Lunar
Science Institute in Houston, Tex.,
under a contract with the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The institute is located adjacent
to NASA's Manned Spacecraft
Center and has the prime objective
of providing a base for university
scientists involved in lunar studies
where access to the results of the
Apollo program is vital.

The institute will also serve as a
center for the analysis and study of
lunar data obtained as the result of
other NASA missions.