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Donald M. Kerr

Deputy Director for
Science and Technology


Donald Kerr was appointed Deputy Director for Science and Technology on 27 August 2001.

Previously, Dr. Kerr had served as an Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  He was responsible for the Laboratory Division, which conducts forensic examinations; develops surveillance and tactical communications technologies; and supports law enforcement through research, training, and operational deployments.

Prior to his most recent assignment, Dr. Kerr had several key executive positions in private industry.  From 1996 to 1997, he was Executive Vice President and Director at Information Systems Laboratories, Inc.  From 1993-1996, he was Corporate Executive Vice President and Director at Science Applications International Corporation.  Dr. Kerr was President and Director of EG&G, Inc., from 1989 to 1992.  He had also served as Senior Vice President and Executive Vice President, respectively, at EG&G from 1985 to 1989.

Dr. Kerr was Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1979 to 1985.  He had begun his career in 1966 at Los Alamos working in high altitude weapons effects, nuclear test detection, and ionospheric physics.  Dr. Kerr moved to the Department of Energy in 1976 as Deputy Manager of the Nevada Operations Office.  He then served in Washington, D.C., as Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense Programs and Energy Technology, respectively, before returning to Los Alamos as Director.

Dr. Kerr is a Fellow of the AAAS; and has served as a member of the DCI’s Nonproliferation Advisory Committee, the Defense Science Board, and the DOD Threat Reduction Advisory Council.  He is a member of the external review committees for the Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories dealing with national security and arms control matters.

Dr. Kerr received his B.E.E. in electrical engineering from Cornell University in 1963 and went on to earn an M.S. in microwave electronics and a Ph.D. in plasma physics and microwave electronics at Cornell.


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