Roy Whitney has officially been named Jefferson Lab's new Associate Director of Administration. He had served as interim Associate Director since last summer when his predecessor, Jim Coleman, retired.

As Associate Director of Administration, Whitney oversees business services, human resources, plant engineering, the Lab library, medical services, legal, security and several other areas. He also acts as the Contract Officer between the Southeastern Universities Research Association and Jefferson Lab.

Whitney's work at the lab stretches back to 1984. He was the 11th staff member hired at CEBAF. Prior to taking the reins of the Administration Department, Whitney served as the leader of the User Liaison Office for four years, and he managed the Computer Center for 13 years. He has also chaired many committees at the lab and contributed to physics experiments.

His experience at federally-funded laboratories spans 30 years. He has worked at Los Alamos, MIT-Bates, Stanford High Energy Lab and Saclay in France.

Prior to joining the Lab, Whitney taught physics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Springfield Technical College and the University of Virginia.

In announcing the SURA Board of Trustees' unanimous selection of Dr. Whitney to the ADA position, Lab Director Hermann Grunder said, "We are indeed fortunate to have someone with Roy's background and qualifications serve the laboratory in this capacity."

Karen Hokansson has assumed Whitney's former job managing the User Liaison Office and Ian Bird has assumed management of the Computer Center.

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