Terri Hudkins

Headquarters, Washington, DC November 15, 1994

(Phone: 202/358-1977)

RELEASE: 94-190

NASA AND INDUSTRY SIGN AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT EDUCATION

Chief Executive Officers of the nation's 28 largest

aerospace contractors have teamed up with NASA and the U.S.
Department of Education in an ambitous plan to improve the
nation's mathematics, science and technology education goals.

"American industry understands that education is critical

to our nation's future economic competitiveness," said NASA
Administrator Daniel S. Goldin. "Nearly 30 CEOs of the
nation's top aerospace companies today joined together to
ensure that the students of today are the engineers,
scientists and inventors who will keep American business at
the top of the ladder tomorrow."

To help meet this goal, Goldin, U.S. Department of

Education Deputy Secretary Madeleine Kunin and the 28 CEOs
signed a collaborative agreement during a ceremony today at
NASA Headquarters.

This new agreement establishes a mission to work

cooperatively in areas of mutual interest and activities to
help improve students' performance in science and
mathematics, increase public scientific literacy, promote a
strong teacher workforce, help prepare an adequate pipeline
of scientific and technical professionals including
underrepresented groups.

During the signing ceremony, Kunin applauded this joint

government and industry initiative to support GOALS 2000 and
the nation's education reform efforts.

Under the leadership of NASA, the NASA-Industry Education

Initiative originated in 1991 as a voluntary cooperative
effort to refine and align current and planned education
activities to support the nation's education reform
strategies and to accomplish the national education goals.

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NASA-Industry Education Initiative Partners

The 28 CEOs signing the NASA-Industry Education

Initiative Memorandum of Understanding Agreement include:

Ÿ C. Michael Armstrong, Hughes Aircraft Co.

Ÿ Norman Augustine, Martin Marietta Corp.
Ÿ Donald R. Beall, Rockwell International Corp.
Ÿ Michael R. Bonsignore, Honeywell, Inc.
Ÿ Hugh Brown, BAMSI Inc.
Ÿ Daniel P. Burnham, AlliedSignal Aerospace Co.
Ÿ Renso Caporali, Grumman Corp.
Ÿ John Carlson, Cray Research Inc.
Ÿ Robert F. Daniell, United Technologies Corp.
Ÿ Jack A. Frohbieter, Fairchild Space & Defense Co.
Ÿ Joseph T. Gorman, TRW Inc.
Ÿ William R. Hoover, Computer Sciences Corp.
Ÿ George G. Houser, CAE-Link Corp.
Ÿ Jim Leto, PRC Inc.
Ÿ John F. McDonnell, McDonnell Douglas Corp.
Ÿ James F. McGovern, Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc.
Ÿ James R Mellor, General Dynamics Corp.
Ÿ Mitchell Rambler, NSI Technology Services Corp.
Ÿ Roger I. Ramseier, Aerojet
Ÿ Paul B. Roundy III, Johnson Controls World Services
Ÿ Bernard L. Schwartz, Loral Corp.
Ÿ Frank A. Shrontz, The Boeing Co.
Ÿ Daniel M. Tellep, Lockheed Corp.
Ÿ David W. Thompson, Orbital Sciences Corp.
Ÿ James A. Unruh, Unisys
Ÿ Dennie M. Welsh, IBM Corp.
Ÿ Jack D. Whitfield, Sverdrup Technology Inc.
Ÿ James R. Wilson, Thiokol Corp.

Goals 2000

President Clinton signed the Goals 2000: Educate America

Act on March 31, 1994. The Act set in law the original six
National Education Goals concerning school readiness, school
completion, student academic achievement, leadership in
mathematics and science, adult literacy, and safe and drug-
free schools. The law added two new goals related to
parental participation and professional development.

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