On January 26th, the White House announced their nominee to
be USGS Director - Dr. James F. Reilly, II, Ph.D., of Colorado Springs. Their
release indicated that he is now an advisor for the U.S. Air Force, while he previously
held management positions in academia and business. During his 13 year career
at NASA, he flew 3 spaceflight missions, conducting 5 spacewalks for a total of
over 856 hours in space. Prior to NASA, he was chief geologist at Enserch
Exploration, Inc., where he worked in in Antarctica and the Gulf of Mexico. He
earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in geosciences from the University of Texas at
Dallas.
