<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; "><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727">Dear Colleagues:</font><br><br><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727">It is my great pleasure to inform you that after an extensive search, Dr. Michael Pennington has </font></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727">accepted a position at Jefferson Lab as</font></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727"> the new Associate Director for Theoretical and Computational Physics at Jefferson Lab. <br><br>Many of you know Mike, who has served as a member of the laboratory's Program Advisory Committee (PAC) since 2007. He is currently a Professor of Mathematical Sciences & Physics and Dean for Educational Outreach at the Durham University in England. His research focus is in the theoretical and phenomenological study of the strong nuclear force, and he has more than 185 publications to his credit.</font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727"><o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727" face="Garamond"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727">In addition to his work for PAC, Mike has served </font></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727">on </font></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727">a variety of international science </font></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727">bodies</font></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727">, including participation as a member of the CERN SPS Committee and as a member of the DAΦNE Physics Working Group in Frascati, Italy. In 2009, he was named an Outstanding Referee by the American Institute of Physics.<br><br>You can read more about Mike's career and his appointment in a news release that will be posted on our website and on Insight.<br><br>I ask all of </font></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727">you </font></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727">to join me in welcoming Mike to Jefferson Lab.<br><br>At this time I also want to thank David Richards for his extraordinary work as the laboratory’s interim head of theory. Dave will continue as theory head until Mike begins his duties on July 1.<br><br>Finally, I wish to </font></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727">recognize</font></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727"> the members of the search committee who did such an outstanding job: George Sterman from SUNY Stony Brook; David Kaplan from the University of Washington; Witold Nazarewicz, from the University of Tennessee and Warsaw University; and Jefferson Lab's own Larry Cardman, Latifa Elouadrhiri, and Christian Weiss.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727" face="Garamond"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727">With Best Regards, </font></span><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727"><br>Mont</font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727"><o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#272727"> </font></o:p></div></body></html>