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The National Academy of Sciences: The First Hundred Years, 1863-1963 (1978)

Chapter: APPENDI X G Chairmen of the National Research Council

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Suggested Citation:"APPENDI X G Chairmen of the National Research Council." National Academy of Sciences. 1978. The National Academy of Sciences: The First Hundred Years, 1863-1963. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/579.
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Suggested Citation:"APPENDI X G Chairmen of the National Research Council." National Academy of Sciences. 1978. The National Academy of Sciences: The First Hundred Years, 1863-1963. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/579.
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A P P E N D I X Ctail~7ll~e~ ()f the G National Research Council GEORGE E. HALE Permanent Chairman Honorary Chairman A. A. NOYES Acting Chairman JOHN C. MERRIAM Acting Chairman Chairman JAMES R. ANGELL Chairman HENRY A. BUMSTEAD Chairman CHARLES D. WALCOTT Acting Chairman JOHN C. MERRIAM Chairman, Executive Board September 20, 1916-April 29, 1919 April 30, 1919-February 21, 1938 May 31,1918-June 30,1918 July 1, 1918-April 29, 1919 April 30, 1919-June 30, 1919 July 1, 1919-June 30, 1920 July 1, 1920-December 31, 1920 January 1 ,192 1-June 1 7,1 921 June 18,1921-June 30, 1923 lithe minutes of the NRC Executive Board (April 24, 1921) state that the Chairman of 648

Appends G 1 649 GANG DUNN Chairman, Executive Board Chairman GEORGE K. BURGESS Chairman WILLIAM H. HOWELL Chauman ISAIAH BOWMAN Chairman FRANK R. LILLIE Chairman2 LUDVIG HEKTOEN Chairman ROSS G. HARRISON Chairman DETLEV W. BRONK Chairman DOUGLAS WHITAKER Chairman WILLIAM W. RUBEY Chairman DETLEV W. BRONK Chairman, ex officios FREDERICK SEITZ Chairman, ex officio July 1, 1923-June 30, 1924 July 1, 1924-June 30,1928 July 1, 1928-June 30,1932 July 1, 1932-June 30,1933 July 1, 193 3-June 3 O. 1935 July 1, 1935-June 30,1936 July 1, 1936-February 7,1938 February 8, 1 938-June 30, 1946 July 1, 1946-June 30, 1950 September 1, 1950-June 30,1951 October 1, 1951-October 9,1954 October 10,1954-June 30,1962 July 1, 1962-June 30,1969 the Executive Board "shall exercise full authority of the Chairman of the Council, but shall not be considered to be in residence and shall not be responsible for routine details of the office." 2 Frank R. Lillie was President of the Academy from July 1, 1935, to June 30, 1939. 3With the resignation of William Rubey in 1954, Detlev Bronk, President of the Acad- emy, assumed the duties of the Chairman of the National Research Council. This action was later affirmed by the Academy Council when it voted in June 1959 to designate Dr. Bronk Chairman of NRC. At a meeting of the Council in October 1962, it was stated that the intention at that time was to establish the general principle that the President of the Academy should serve as Chairman of the National Research Council ("Minutes of the Council," October 9-10, 1954; June 14, 1959; October 6-7, 1962).

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Among the oldest and most enduring of American institutions are those that have been devoted to the encouragement of the arts and the sciences. During the nineteenth century, a great many scientific societies came and went, and a few in individual disciplines achieved permanence. But the century also witnessed the founding of three major organizations with broadly interdisciplinary interests: the Smithsonian Institution in 1846; the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, which in 1848 became the American Association for the Promotion (later, Advancement) of Science; and the National Academy of Sciences in 1863.

The founding of the National Academy of Sciences represented a momentous event in the history of science in the United States. Its establishment in the midst of a great civil war was fortuitous, perhaps, and its early existence precarious; and in this it mirrored the state of science at that time. The antecedents of the new organization in American science were the national academies in Great Britain and on the Continent, whose membership included the principal men of science of the realm. The chartering of academies under the auspices of a sovereign lent the prestige and elements of support and permanence the scientists sought, and in return they made their scientific talents and counsel available to the state.

The National Academy of Sciences: The First Hundred Years, 1863-1963 describes the National Academies from inception through the beginning of the space age. The book describes the Academies' work through different periods in history, including the Postbellum years, World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II.

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