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Chapter: APPENDIX H Executive Secretaries and Executive Officers of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council

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Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX H Executive Secretaries and Executive Officers of the National Academy of Sciences and 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:"APPENDIX H Executive Secretaries and Executive Officers of the National Academy of Sciences and 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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APPENDIX Executive Secretaries and H Executive Officers of the J\lational Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council PAUL BROCKETT Assistant Secretary, NAS Executive Secretary, NAS CARY T. HUTCHISON Executive Secretary, NRC JOHN JOHNSTON Executive Secretary, NRC A. O. LEUSCHNER Secretary, NRC HARRY O. WOOD Acting Secretary, NRC VERNON L. KELLOGG Secretary, NRC Permanent Secretary, NRC Secretary Emeritus, NRC ALBERT L. BARROWS Assistant Secretary, NRC Executive Secretary, NRC 650 Apri11 , 1 9 1 3 -November 1 3 ,1 93 3 November 14, 1933-June 30, 1944 Sep tember 20 ,1 9 1 6 -January 1 7 ,1 9 1 8 February 1,1918-April 15,1919 April 16, 1919-August 12, 1919 August 19,1919-September 30,1919 October 1, 1919-June 22, 1920 June 23, 1 920-December 3 1, 1931 January 1, 1932-August 8, 1937 October 1, 1920-April 20, 1934 May 1,1934-November 7,1942

Appendix H 1 65 1 W. H. KENERSON Acting Executive Secretary, NRC Executive Secretary, NRC Executive Secretary, NAS and NRC GEORGE B. DARLING Executive Secretary, NAS and NRC G. DONA LD M KID Acting Executive Secretary, NAS and NRG June 13, 1946-February 28, 1947 RAYMOND L. ZWEMER Acting Executive Secretary, NAS Executive Secretary, NRC Executive Secretary, NAS and NRC G. DONALD MEID Acting Executive Secretary, NAS and NRC S. DOUGLAS CORNELL Executive Secretary, NAS and NRC November 9, 1942-April 29, 1943 April 30, 1 943-June 30, 1944 July 1, 1 944~ctober 31, 1945 November 1, 1 945-June 12, 1946 March 1, 1947-April 26, 1947 March 1, 1947-April 26, 1947 April 27, 1947-June 30, 1950 July 1,1950-November 16,1952 November 17, 1952-June 30, 1965

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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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