Michael B. (Mike) Duke received his Ph.D. in Geochemistry from the California Institute of Technology and immediately joined the U. S. G. S. Branch of Astrogeologic Studies. His Ph.D. thesis on basaltic meteorites and subsequent work on micromineralogical analysis led to an interest in the lunar regolith, and he was selected as a Principal Investigator in the Apollo 11 Lunar Sample Program. He later became Curator at the Johnson Space Center, where he helped develop the procedures and facilities that now house the lunar sample collection. As Chief of the Solar System Exploration Division at JSC, he encouraged the development of concepts for human exploration of the Moon, which led to a series of symposia and publications dealing with human lunar and Mars exploration and to assignments in NASA Headquarters and JSC related to the Space Exploration Initiative. He is now a staff member at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, where he continues to participate in planning activities for robotic and human exploration of the Moon and Mars.

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