As many of you know, a search for a new faculty member is underway. At the last faculty meeting (27 March 1995), the faculty search committee was unable to narrow down the short list of candidates for the position beyond six. This was true even after taking their GRE scores into consideration.

Because of the consistent excellence of these candidates, and in line with our policy toward graduate student admission, we will be hiring all six of the candidates. This will require them sharing the same position, office and salary. Because several of the candidates are from Ames Research Center and Johnson Space Center, we feel confident that they will accept this arrangement. Of course, we don't know where their office will be, but this is also in line with our current policy.

We hope you will join with us in welcoming our new faculty to LPL and making them feel like they actually have a job.