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Celeste Named Ambassador to India

November 21, 1997

Former Ohio Governor Richard F. Celeste was sworn in as the United States Ambassador to India last week. Celeste has been a leader in the field of technology-based economic development for the last 15 years. While governor, Celeste established Ohio's Thomas Edison Program.

Since leaving office in 1991, he has played a key role in advancing state-federal cooperation in the area of science and technology. Among other positions, Celeste served as chairman of Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government's Task Force on Science and Technology and the States; co-chairman of the State-Federal Technology Partnership Task Force; and as vice chairman of the State Science and Technology Institute's Board of Trustees.

His support, encouragement, and counsel will be missed by the SSTI staff, who wish him well in his new post.

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