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In 1901, in response to a bill proposed by Congressman James H. Southard (R, Ohio), the National Bureau of Standards was founded with the mandate to provide standard weights and measures, and to serve as the national physical laboratory for the United States. Southard had previously sponsored a bill for metric conversion of the United States. [13]
United States Fish Commission Officially United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Formed 1871, became United States Bureau of Fisheries in 1903. United States Information Agency (USIA) United States Life-Saving Service Merged with the United States Revenue Cutter Service in 1915 to create the United States Coast Guard
Lyman James Briggs (May 7, 1874 – March 25, 1963) was an American engineer, physicist and administrator. He was the third director of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) during the Great Depression and chairman of the Uranium Committee [1] before America entered the Second World War.
The National Bureau of Standards, later renamed the National Institute of Standards and Technology, continued to manage meetings and membership until 1997, when NCWM formed a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit standards development organization. From 1998 to 2008, NCWM contracted management services through a private company.
Ernest Ambler (November 20, 1923 – February 17, 2017 [1]) was a British-American physicist who served as the Acting Under Secretary for Technology in the Department of Commerce (1988–89), as the 8th director of the United States' National Bureau of Standards (NBS, 1975–89), and as the first director of the United States' National Institute of Standards and Technology 1988–89.
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The Harry Diamond Laboratories (HDL) was a research facility under the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) and later the U.S. Army.It conducted research and development in electronic components and devices and was at one point the largest electronics research and development laboratory in the U.S. Army. HDL also acted as the Army's lead laboratory in nuclear survivability studies and operated ...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology succeeded the National Bureau of Standards in 1988. Following is a list of the directors of both agencies. [1] The number of NIST directors is a continuation of the number of NBS directors since Locascio is considered the 17th NIST director [2]