Amy shakes her head."The Metascience Group is a special case. You’re correct. Technically, Dr. Phalen is the group director. As I mentioned this morning, he’s also a brilliant scientist and somewhat eccentric. He prefers to devote his time to research and we accord him the latitude to do it. Dr. Phalen’s chief assistant, Dr. Benjamin Hill, has been authorized by the senior executive board to originate purchasing requests on Dr. Phalen’s behalf."