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! valign="top" align="left"  | Title  
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! valign="top" align="left"  | Served  
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| Oliver E. Buckley ||   || Truman || 1951
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Vannevar Bush
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| valign="top" align="left"  | D, OSRD
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| valign="top" align="left"  | F.D. Roosevelt
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1941--1947
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|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Oliver E. Buckley  
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| valign="top" align="left"  |  
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Truman  
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1951--1952
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| Lee A. DuBridge ||   ||   || 1952
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Lee A. DuBridge  
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| valign="top" align="left"  |    
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Truman &<br> Eisenhower
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1952--1956
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|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Isidor I. Rabi
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| valign="top" align="left"  | &nbsp;  
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Eisenhower
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1956--1957
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|-
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| valign="top" align="left"  | James R. Killian, Jr
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| valign="top" align="left"  | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Eisenhower
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1957--1959
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| valign="top" align="left"  | George B. Kistiakowsky
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| valign="top" align="left"  | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Eisenhower
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1959--1961
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|-
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Jerome B. Wiesner
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| valign="top" align="left"  | &nbsp;
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Kennedy &<br>Johnson
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1961--1964
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|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Donald F. Hornig
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| valign="top" align="left"  | D, OST
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Johnson
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1964--1969
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|-
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Lee A. Dubridge
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| valign="top" align="left"  | D, OST
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Nixon
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1969--1970
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|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Edward E. David, Jr.
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| valign="top" align="left"  | D, OST
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Nixon
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1970--1973
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|-
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| valign="top" align="left"  | H. Guyford Stever
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| valign="top" align="left"  | D, OSTP
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Ford
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1973--1977
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|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Frank Press
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| valign="top" align="left"  | D, OSTP
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Carter
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1977--1981
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Benjamin Huberman
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| valign="top" align="left"  | AD, OSTP
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Reagan
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1981
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|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
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| valign="top" align="left"  | George A. Keyworth, II
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| valign="top" align="left"  | D, OSTP
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Reagan
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1981--1985
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|-
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| valign="top" align="left"  | John P. McTague
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| valign="top" align="left"  | AD, OSTP
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Reagan
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1986
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|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Richard G. Johnson
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| valign="top" align="left"  | AD, OSTP
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Reagan
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1986
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|-
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| valign="top" align="left"  | William R. Graham, Jr
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| valign="top" align="left"  | D, OSTP
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Reagan
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1986--1989
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|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Thomas P. Rona
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| valign="top" align="left"  | AD, OSTP
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Reagan
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1989
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|-
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| valign="top" align="left"  | D. Allan Bromley
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| valign="top" align="left"  | D, OSTP
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| valign="top" align="left"  | G.H.W. Bush
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1989--1993
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|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
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| valign="top" align="left"  | John H. Gibbons
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| valign="top" align="left"  | D, OSTP
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Clinton
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1993--1998
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|-
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Kerri-Ann Jones
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| valign="top" align="left"  | AD, OSTP
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Clinton
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1998
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|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Neal F. Lane
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| valign="top" align="left"  | D, OSTP
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Clinton
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 1998--2001
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|-
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Rosina Bierbaum
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| valign="top" align="left"  | AD, OSTP
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| valign="top" align="left"  | G.W. Bush
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 2001
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|-bgcolor="#f9f9f9"
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Clifford Gabriel
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| valign="top" align="left"  | AD, OSTP
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| valign="top" align="left"  | G.W. Bush
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 2001
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| valign="top" align="left"  | John H. Marburger III
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| valign="top" align="left"  | D, OSTP
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| valign="top" align="left"  | G.W. Bush
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| valign="top" align="left"  | 2001--January 2009
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Ted Wackler
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| valign="top" align="left"  | AD, OSTP
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Obama
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| valign="top" align="left"  | January--March 2009
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| valign="top" align="left"  | John Holdren
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| valign="top" align="left"  | D, OSTP
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| valign="top" align="left"  | Obama
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| valign="top" align="left"  | March 2009--present
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<blockquote>
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Notes
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* "D" = Director
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* "AD" = Acting Director
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* "OSRD" = Office of Scientific Research and Development, created in 1941 to oversee the Manhattan project
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* "OST" = Office of Science and Technology, established in July 1961
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* "OSTP" = Office of Science & Technology Policy, established in June 1973
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== Sources ==
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*[http://www.ostp.gov/cs/about_ostp/previous_science_advisors White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, "Previous Science Advisors"]
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*[http://graphics.cs.brown.edu/html/info/timeline.html "Events in the Life of Vannevar Bush"], Brown University Computer Graphics Group of the Graphics and Visualization Center, 1996.
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*[http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/vannevar3.html "Vannevar Bush"], University of San Diego History Department, c. 2000.
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[[Category: Time Capsules]]

Current revision as of 02:34, 10 September 2009

Advisor Title Served Term
Vannevar Bush D, OSRD F.D. Roosevelt 1941--1947
Oliver E. Buckley   Truman 1951--1952
Lee A. DuBridge   Truman &
Eisenhower
1952--1956
Isidor I. Rabi   Eisenhower 1956--1957
James R. Killian, Jr   Eisenhower 1957--1959
George B. Kistiakowsky   Eisenhower 1959--1961
Jerome B. Wiesner   Kennedy &
Johnson
1961--1964
Donald F. Hornig D, OST Johnson 1964--1969
Lee A. Dubridge D, OST Nixon 1969--1970
Edward E. David, Jr. D, OST Nixon 1970--1973
H. Guyford Stever D, OSTP Ford 1973--1977
Frank Press D, OSTP Carter 1977--1981
Benjamin Huberman AD, OSTP Reagan 1981
George A. Keyworth, II D, OSTP Reagan 1981--1985
John P. McTague AD, OSTP Reagan 1986
Richard G. Johnson AD, OSTP Reagan 1986
William R. Graham, Jr D, OSTP Reagan 1986--1989
Thomas P. Rona AD, OSTP Reagan 1989
D. Allan Bromley D, OSTP G.H.W. Bush 1989--1993
John H. Gibbons D, OSTP Clinton 1993--1998
Kerri-Ann Jones AD, OSTP Clinton 1998
Neal F. Lane D, OSTP Clinton 1998--2001
Rosina Bierbaum AD, OSTP G.W. Bush 2001
Clifford Gabriel AD, OSTP G.W. Bush 2001
John H. Marburger III D, OSTP G.W. Bush 2001--January 2009
Ted Wackler AD, OSTP Obama January--March 2009
John Holdren D, OSTP Obama March 2009--present
Notes
  • "D" = Director
  • "AD" = Acting Director
  • "OSRD" = Office of Scientific Research and Development, created in 1941 to oversee the Manhattan project
  • "OST" = Office of Science and Technology, established in July 1961
  • "OSTP" = Office of Science & Technology Policy, established in June 1973

Sources

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