Durango Discovery Museum Elects Dave Nulton as Board President

 

Durango, CO      November 4, 2009 – The Board of Directors of the Durango Discovery Museum has elected Dave Nulton as its President.

                                           

Prior moving to Durango in 2004, Mr. Nulton was a senior executive and deputy director in the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy. He received his MS in mechanical and nuclear engineering from Stanford University. He currently consults in the areas of nuclear power plant design, disposal of nuclear waste, and disposition of materials from dismantled nuclear weapons in Russia and the Unites States.

 

“As we approach ground breaking for our Phase II opening at the Powerhouse in 2010, we’ll benefit from Dave’s leadership and seasoned, international perspective on energy generation methods-past, present, and future,” said executive director, Claire Bradshaw.

 

Mr. Nulton succeeds Robert Dawes, the board’s most recent president and Marc Masor, president pro tem, both of whom will continue their involvement with the project in a variety of roles.

 

“I’m excited to be part of the museum’s progress. Few projects anywhere can bring together this combination of benefits to a community and to the wider discussion on the way we have lived and will live on this planet. We’re effectively preserving a historical site and bringing it back to life through hands-on exhibits and programs that will inspire new thinking about science and energy. I’m looking forward to working with friends of our project, both here and farther afield, to make this museum and its outreach programs something the entire Southwest region can be very proud of,” said Mr. Nulton.

 

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About the Discovery Museum

The Durango Discovery Museum is set to open Phase II of its Powerhouse project in 2010. It will be a unique interactive museum where visitors can explore science and energy topics of all kinds. The museum will be an anchor for historic downtown Durango and a catalyst for revitalizing the city’s riverfront. Housed in the country’s oldest surviving coal-fired, steam-generated AC power plant, the museum’s interactive discovery and science exhibits promise to “ignite curiosity, spark imagination, and power exploration.”