SUBJECT:

Proposed Appointment of Charles F. Kennel as Director of SIO and Vice Chancellor of Marine Sciences

Dr. Charles F. Kennel has been identified as the candidate to be proposed
to the UC Board of Regents as the new director of SIO and Vice Chancellor
Marine Sciences at UCSD, pending appropriate campus review. Dr. Kennel is
a past associate administrator for NASA's Mission to Planet Earth program
and currently serves as Executive Vice Chancellor at UCLA. He is a member
of the National Academy of Sciences and a recipient of the NASA
Distinguished Service Medal.

Following confirmation, it is proposed that Dr. Kennel assume his duties at
SIO on January 1, 1998. Both the Search Committee for the new SIO Director
and I believe that Dr. Kennel is the outstanding leader and scholar of
vision who will deftly lead SIO into the next century.

Robert C. Dynes Chancellor