Documentation to "My Case"

July 9, 2004

Dr. John H. Marburger, III, Director
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Executive Office of the President
Washington, DC 20502

Dear Dr. Marburger,

To shorten the introduction, let me just point out that you signed my diploma and the letter of promotion to the Associate Professor (copies enclosed). The purpose of this letter is to convey to you the urgency of appointing a permanent Director of the NSF as soon as possible, preferably before the presidential elections, hoping that you will forward this message to the appropriate authorities in the U.S. Government.

As a member of the scientific community who has been active in research for over 20 years, I am in a position to testify to the rapid deterioration in the funding environment for research, caused by the extreme liberal policies introduced by the former NSF Director, Dr. Rita R. Colwell. I described the consequences of these disastrous policies in more detail in the enclosed letter to the Acting Director of the NSF, Dr. Arden L. Bement. Unfortunately, it appears that Dr. Bement, being only a temporary Director, has no intention to initiate the badly needed reforms, presumably leaving that to the next permanent Director.

It is difficult for me to comprehend why the former Director, an appointee by President Clinton, was allowed to continue to fund her liberal agenda using the taxpayers’ money allocated for research for so many years after the election of President Bush. I have found a partial explanation in an interview published in the June issue of Physics Today. Apparently, Dr. Colwell was able to deceive the Republican members of Congress, including Trent Lott and Dennis Hastert, into believing that she was a bipartisan Director. For all of us who have been on the receiving end of her extreme liberal policies, such claims of bipartisanship sound like a sick joke.

I shudder at the possibility that President Bush would not be reelected and that John Kerry would appoint another extreme liberal to lead the NSF. Science in this country cannot survive another tenure by a liberal Director; in fact, a full tenure by a committed conservative Director would be needed just to undo the damage caused by Dr. Colwell. It is, therefore, extremely important for science and the future of our country that President Bush either confirms Dr. Bement or appoints a new NSF Director before the presidential elections.

Enclosed is the documentation that summarizes the disastrous consequences caused by the liberal policies of the former NSF Director on my scientific career. Although my case is of little significance, it illustrates just how difficult it has become for even a prominent conservative scientist to survive in the increasingly liberal research environment in this country.

Thank you for your kind attention on this matter.

Sincerely yours,



Tibor Gasparik
Research Associate Professor

cc.: Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr., Acting Director, NSF
Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny, President, SUNY Stony Brook