# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/france-a-cordova
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:24:01.899Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/france-a-cordova"
name: "France A. Córdova"
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description: "France Anne-Dominic Córdova is an American astrophysicist. She served as the 11th president of Purdue University from 2007 to 2012 and as the 14th director of the National Science Foundation from 2014 to 2020. She currently serves as the president of the Science Philanthropy Alliance."
tagline: "American astrophysicist and university president (born 1947)"
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birthDate: "1947-08-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump