Terri Sindelar
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                   February 14, 
1990
(Phone:  202/453-8400)             

RELEASE:  90-25

TRULY PROMOTES SCIENCE AND MATH DURING NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK


     NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly, selected as an 
"All-Star" engineer, will help launch National Engineers Week 
1990 Discover(E) program by participating in a press conference 
on Tuesday, Feb. 20.  Discover(E) is a first-ever student 
outreach program conducted by and for the engineering profession.  


     The kick-off press conference will be held at Jefferson 
Junior High School, 7th & H Sts., S.W., Washington, D.C., on 
Tuesday, Feb. 20, from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.  Also participating 
will be Stephen D. Bechtel, Chairman, Bechtel Group, Inc., and 
Honorary Chairman of National Engineers Week 1990 and Raul 
Allegre, place-kicker for the New York Giants.  The three 
engineers will discuss their views of the future of the 
engineering profession and the U.S.'s ability to compete 
technologically.


     During the press conference, results of a nationwide junior 
high school student survey about life in the 22nd Century will be 
released.  The survey, conducted by the National Engineers Week 
Committee and "Science World," addresses questions like "Will 
Americans be living in space?" and "What will be the most common 
way to get rid of waste materials?" 


     During Engineers Week, Feb. 18-24, over 5,500 engineers will 
visit junior high schools nationwide, reaching more than 500,000 
students, to inspire them to study math and science.


     National Engineers Week is supported by a number of national 
engineering organizations to bring visibility to the profession. 
The event is celebrated during the week of George Washington's 
birthday.  Washington was a military engineer and land surveyor 
responsible for establishing the first U.S. engineering school, 
which later became the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.


     Other All-Stars include, Astronaut Mary Cleave; Deputy 
Secretary of Commerce Thomas Murrin; Secretary of Energy James 
Watkins; National Science Foundation Director Erich Bloch; 
Chairman and CEO of Rockwell  International Donald Beall; and 
Chairman and CEO of Amoco Corporation Richard Morrow.

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