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Dr. Richard Elster has just stepped down as Academic Dean and Provost of the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). He served in this position since July, 1995. In earlier years, he served as Associate Provost for Instruction, as a department chair at NPS, and held the Navy's Manpower Chair at NPS.
Dr. Elster has served in several Department of Defense positions in Washington, D.C. In the mid-1970s, he served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and then as Senior Science Adviser to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral James Watkins. In the mid-1980s, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and as Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. In this period, he was also tasked to establish what is now known as the Personnel Security Research Center, an organization which reports to the Office of the Secretary of Defense. For his work, he was twice awarded the Navy's Distinguished Civilian Service Award.
In the early 1990s, he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resource Management and Support.
He was recently selected as a Fellow of the California Council on Science and Technology.
