What is Arden L. Bement Jr.?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Arden L. Bement Jr. |image = STC Celebration (18) (4404826334) (cropped).jpg |caption = Arden L. Bement Jr. in 2010 |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1932|5|22}} |birth_place = [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]] |death_date = |death_place = |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = [[United States]] |ethnicity = |field = [[Material Science and Engineering]], [[Nuclear Engineering]] |work_institutions = [[General Electric Company]], [[Battelle Memorial Institute]], [[MIT]], [[DARPA]], [[Office of the Secretary of Defense]], [[TRW Inc.|TRW]], [[Purdue University]], [[National Science Foundation]], [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] |alma_mater = [[Colorado School of Mines]]<br />[[University of Idaho]]<br />[[University of Michigan]] |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = |influences = |influenced = |prizes = }} '''Arden Lee Bement Jr.''' (born May 22, 1932) is an [[Americans|American]] [[engineer]] and [[scientist]]. He has served in executive positions in government, industry and academia . He is a former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Advanced Technology, Chief Technical Officer of TRW, Director of the [[National Science Foundation]] (NSF) and Director of the [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] (NIST). Following the end of his six-year term at NSF, on June 1, 2010 he became the founding director of the Global Policy Research Institute and Chief Global Affairs officer at [[Purdue University]]. ==Other websites== *[http://www.nsf.gov/news/speeches/bement/bement_bio.jsp Biography on the NSF website] *[http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116338&org=NSF&from=news Press release about Purdue GPRI appointment] {{DEFAULTSORT:Bement, Arden L., Jr.}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Engineers from Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Scientists fr