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New Assistant Administrator for EPA Research & Development Begins Service
Dr. Gray (left), Office of Research and Development's new Assistant Administrator, during his swearing in ceremony. EPA's Administrator, Steve Johnson (right), administers the oath with Tim Oppelt's (ORD's Acting Assistant Administrator) assistance.
George M. Gray, Ph.D was sworn in November 1, 2005 to serve as the Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development. Dr. Gray was recently appointed to his position by President George W. Bush and confirmed--with unanimous consent--by the U.S. Senate.
Dr. Gray previously served as Executive Director of the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis and as a Lecturer in Risk Analysis at the Harvard School of Public Health. In 16 years at HSPH, his researched focused on scientific bases of human health risk assessment and its application to risk policy with a focus on risk/risk tradeoffs in risk management. He also taught toxicology and risk assessment to graduate students and participants in the School's Continuing Professional Education program.
As the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development, he will lead nearly 2,000 people in the $600 million science and technology arm of the EPA.
Dr. Gray holds a B.S. degree in biology from the University of Michigan, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in toxicology from the University of Rochester. He and his wife, Ann, and their two children make their home in McLean, Virginia.