Richard C. Atkinson

Born 1929

President of the University of California at San Diego 1995-present. Director of the National Science Foundation, 1977-1980.

AAAS Presidential Address: Richard C. Atkinson, "Supply and Demand for Scientists and Engineers: A National Crisis in the Making," Science (27 April 1990) 248:425-432.

Disciplines: Cognitive science, Psychology

AAAS offices held:

• Chair, Council Affairs, 1988 - 1989
• President, 1990
• Chair, Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, 1991 - 1992