Industry has gone through a sea change in terms of the recognition of some of the problems. I think NCAR can provide a lot of the muscle that would make these partnerships worthwhile. As a long-time user of NCAR computing resources, Tim has high hopes in this realm as well. I think there's an interesting future of interfaces with the public domain, academia, industry, and other institutions. It's going to be very exciting.
Boulder is definitely a great attractor.
In many ways Boulder is similar to Ann Arbor in that it's a university town with a lot of flux of people and ideas. Tim says he wasn't at all sure he'd be selected as the next NCAR director. He showed vision and the interest to lead necessary and positive changes in NCAR in order to continue its leadership position in the nation and the world. Tim's appointment is being received with clear enthusiasm in Boulder and at NSF, says Rick. We're really pleased because he has true leadership quality as well as being an outstanding researcher.