Suzette Kimball '73 sworn in as USGS director
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Suzette Kimball '73, visits the Tunison Laboratory of Aquatic Science during her time as acting director of the U.S. Geological Survey. The Tunison Laboratory, located in Cortland, N.Y., is a field station of the USGS Great Lakes Science Center. Kimball was sworn in as director on Jan. 8. Photo by Marisa Lubeck/USGS
Suzette Kimball ’73 was sworn in on Jan. 8 as the director of the United States Geological Survey, the chief science agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior. She becomes the second William & Mary alumna to lead a major federal science agency, joining Ellen Stofan ’83, NASA’s chief scientist. Read the full story here.