When Alberts assumes the NAS presidency, Press will join the Carnegie Institution as the Cecil and Ida Green Senior Fellow. It will be fun to try to institute some of what I have done in the university in an organization involved in science policy in Washington. He was looking for massive, comprehensive grasp of the whole material. It's a very good thing when a good scientist gets put into a top scientific position. There's a message in that that goes out to people in the country.
Organizations work better if everyone is contributing.
He's extraordinarily generous in giving credit to other people. In addition to their different realms of experience, Press and Alberts have contrasting personal styles, their constituents say. Alberts himself acknowledges the difference. I've never heard Frank say anything outrageous. Press says he is optimistic that Alberts will succeed in the capital city.