National Academies Press: OpenBook

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

Chapter: APPENDIX I Executive Orders Relating to the Science Advisory Board: Establishment, July 31, 1933; Appointment of Additional Members, May 28, 1934; and Continuation, July 15, 1935

« Previous: APPENDIX H Executive Secretaries and Executive Officers of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council
Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX I Executive Orders Relating to the Science Advisory Board: Establishment, July 31, 1933; Appointment of Additional Members, May 28, 1934; and Continuation, July 15, 1935." 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.
×
Page 652
Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX I Executive Orders Relating to the Science Advisory Board: Establishment, July 31, 1933; Appointment of Additional Members, May 28, 1934; and Continuation, July 15, 1935." 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.
×
Page 653
Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX I Executive Orders Relating to the Science Advisory Board: Establishment, July 31, 1933; Appointment of Additional Members, May 28, 1934; and Continuation, July 15, 1935." 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.
×
Page 654
Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX I Executive Orders Relating to the Science Advisory Board: Establishment, July 31, 1933; Appointment of Additional Members, May 28, 1934; and Continuation, July 15, 1935." 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.
×
Page 655
Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX I Executive Orders Relating to the Science Advisory Board: Establishment, July 31, 1933; Appointment of Additional Members, May 28, 1934; and Continuation, July 15, 1935." 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.
×
Page 656

Below is the uncorrected machine-read text of this chapter, intended to provide our own search engines and external engines with highly rich, chapter-representative searchable text of each book. Because it is UNCORRECTED material, please consider the following text as a useful but insufficient proxy for the authoritative book pages.

APPENDIX Executive Orders Relating to the I Science Advisory Board: Establishm~rlt, July 31, 1933; Appointment of Additional Members, May 28, 1934' and Con tin nation, July 15, 1935 EXECUTIVE ORDER ESTABLISHMENT OF SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD UNDER THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. The National Research Council was created at the request of President Wilson in ~9~6 and perpetuated by Executive Order No. 2859, signed by President Wilson on May ~ I, ~ 9 ~ 8. In order to carry out to the fullest extent the intent of the above Executive Order there is hereby created a Science Advisory Board with authority, acting through the machinery and under the jurisdiction of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council, to appoint committees to deal with specific problems in the various departments. The Science Advisory Board of the National Research Council will consist of the following members who are hereby appointed for a period of two years: Karl T. Compton, Chairman, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy, Cambridge, Massachusetts. W. W. Campbell, President, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. 652

Apperld~x I 1 653 Isaiah Bowman, Chairman, National Research Council; Director, American Geographical Society, New York City. Gano Dunn, President, I. G. White Engineering Corporation, New York City. Frank B. Jewett, Vice-President, American Telephone and Telegraph Com- pany; President, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, New York City. Charles F. Kettering, Vice-President, General Motors Corporation; Presi- dent, General Motors Research Corporation, Detroit, Michigan. C. K. Leith, Professor of Geology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis- consin. ohn C. Merriam, President, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washing- ton, D.C. R. A. Millikan, Director, Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics, and Chair- man of the Executive Council, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, July 31, 1933. [No. 62381

654 1 Appendix I EXECUTIVE ORDER APPOINTMENT OF ADI)ITIONAL MEMBERS TO THE SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD The following-named persons are hereby appointed as additional members of the Science Advisory Board established by Executive Order No. 6238, of July 3l , 1933 Roger Adams, professor of organic chemistry and chairman of the depart- ment of chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois (president-elect of the American Chemical Society). Simon Flexner, director of the laboratories of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York City. Lewis R. Jones, professor emeritus of plant pathology, University of Wiscon- sin, Madison, Wisconsin. Frank R. Lillie, Andrew MacLeish distinguished service professor of zoology and embryology, and dean of the division of the biological sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Milton l. Rosenau, professor of epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. l homes Parran, State commissioner of health of New York, Albany, New York. The term of office of the persons herein appointed shall terminate on July3~,~935 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, May 28, 1934. [No. 6725]

Appendix I 1 655 EXECUTIVE ORDER CONTINUATION OF SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD UNDER THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL The Science Advisory Board under the National Research Council, es- talished by Executive Order No. 6238, of July 3 1, 1933, as amended by Executive Order No. 6725, of May 28, 1934, is hereby extended from duly 31, 1935, to December 1, 1935, with its present membership,powers,and duties. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, duly 15, 1935. [No. Cool

Next: Name Index »
The National Academy of Sciences: The First Hundred Years, 1863-1963 Get This Book
×
MyNAP members save 10% online.
Login or Register to save!
Download Free PDF

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.

  1. ×

    Welcome to OpenBook!

    You're looking at OpenBook, NAP.edu's online reading room since 1999. Based on feedback from you, our users, we've made some improvements that make it easier than ever to read thousands of publications on our website.

    Do you want to take a quick tour of the OpenBook's features?

    No Thanks Take a Tour »
  2. ×

    Show this book's table of contents, where you can jump to any chapter by name.

    « Back Next »
  3. ×

    ...or use these buttons to go back to the previous chapter or skip to the next one.

    « Back Next »
  4. ×

    Jump up to the previous page or down to the next one. Also, you can type in a page number and press Enter to go directly to that page in the book.

    « Back Next »
  5. ×

    To search the entire text of this book, type in your search term here and press Enter.

    « Back Next »
  6. ×

    Share a link to this book page on your preferred social network or via email.

    « Back Next »
  7. ×

    View our suggested citation for this chapter.

    « Back Next »
  8. ×

    Ready to take your reading offline? Click here to buy this book in print or download it as a free PDF, if available.

    « Back Next »
Stay Connected!