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Policy ContactAGU 1983–1984 Congressional Science Fellow
Dr. Jack D. Fellows
Dr. Fellows was the seventh AGU Congressional Science Fellow, working in the office of Representative George E. Brown from 1983–1984.
Dr. Fellows began his career as a research faculty member at the University of Maryland, where he conducted research in the use of satellite data in hydrologic models. In 1984, he spent a year in the U.S. Congress as the American Geophysical Union’s Congressional Science Fellow. While in Congress, he split his time between the personal office of George Brown (D-CA) and the House Science and Space Subcommittee (George Brown was the chair at the time) and worked on a range of policy issues, including water resources, satellite remote sensing, and general oversight of federal research and development funding. He helped write legislation that was enacted regarding the commercialization of land remote sensing satellites. After this fellowship (and largely because of it), he spent 13 years in the Executive Office of President’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) overseeing budget and policy issues related to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and Federal-wide research and development programs. During this period with OMB, he helped initiate the U.S. Global Change Research Program.
Jack Fellows joined UCAR in 1997 as the Vice President for Corporate Affairs and the Director of UCAR Office of Programs (UOP). He is responsible for a broad range of corporate activities, including development of corporate policies and programs, liaison with the Federal government, management of UCAR trustees and member representative activities, UCAR development, and communications. As Director of the UOP, he is responsible for a broad range of scientific and educational programs that serve the atmospheric and related research and education community.
Dr. Fellows received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland. He is married and has four children.
Eos articles by Dr. Fellows regarding his experience on the Hill:
- “AGU Congressional Science Fellow: Midterm Report,” Eos, Volume 65, Number 9, February 28, 1984, page 77
- “1983–1984 AGU Congressional Science Fellowship: Final Report,” Eos, Volume 66, Number 3, January 15, 1985, page 17
- “Reflections on an AGU Congressional Science Fellowship,” Eos, Volume 67, Number 3, January 21, 1986, page 32