Reassignment Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 17:11:23 -0400 To: "E - All WRD Employees" From: "Linda S Housel, Secretary, Reston, VA" (Linda Housel) Subject: Reassignment Cc: "Mary J Baedecker, ACH for Research, Reston, VA" In Reply Refer To: Mail Stop 436 MEMORANDUM September 26, 1996 To: All WRD Employees From: Mary Jo Baedecker (signed) Acting Assistant Chief Hydrologist for Research Subject: Reassignment I am pleased to announce that G. Richard (Dick) Marzolf will be joining Eastern Region as the new Chief, Branch of Regional Research. His appointment will be effective in mid-October upon his transfer to Reston. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Ed Landa who filled this position in an acting capacity since February, and Dave Shultz, who provided long-term management stability for the Branch. Dick's background is highly appropriate to this position. He was a professor of biology at Kansas State University for over 20 years before accepting an endowed chair at Murray State University, Kentucky, as Commonwealth Professor of Biology. He joined the National Research Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1991 in Denver. The author of over 60 scientific papers, Dick served on the Water, Science and Technology Board for the National Academy of Sciences, had an active role in the National Science Foundation's long-term ecological research program at Konza Prairie, served on the Tennessee Valley Authority committee on the land between the lakes program, and was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio River Basin Consortium for research and education. Before he joined the USGS, he was also a member of the liaison committee for the Kentucky River National Water Quality Assessment Program. At the USGS Dick has pursued his interest in reservoir research. He worked closely with the Arizona District to help coordinate the USGS effort in the interagency study of the effect of Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River, including last spring's well-publicized and successful "flooding" of the Grand Canyon. I believe that Dick's extensive background in the hydrologic sciences will be a great asset to the Division.