Just 6 percent are women, according to the National Science Foundation, and that figure has not changed over the years.
At the time of his death he was on leave to the National Science Foundation.
He also served as the director of the National Science Foundation from 1972 until 1976.
His budget would increase spending on research by the National Science Foundation.
The National Science Foundation's budget would increase 5 percent, to $5 billion.
He later became the director of the National Science Foundation from 1969 to 1972.
In the first four years of operation, the National Science Foundation spent about $200 million on the project.
The National Science Foundation will provide $2 million for the first year of the project.
He served as director of National Science Foundation from 1984 to 1990.
And the National Science Foundation is trying to create one.