EXHIBIT 99




                                           Consent


         I, the  undersigned,  hereby  consent to being  named as nominee to the
Nichols Research  Corporation Board of Directors in the Proxy Statement relative
to the Annual  Meeting of the  Shareholders  to be held  January 14,  1999,  and
hereby consent to serve as a director of Nichols Research Corporation.

Dated this 23rd day of November,1998.





                                                           Charles A. Leader
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                                                           Charles A. Leader