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The president appoints 24 members of the National Science Board for six year terms. The NSF director serves as an ex officio 25th member. Every two years, one-third (eight) of the members rotate off the board and eight new members are appointed (or occasionally re-appointed) to serve six-year terms.
This list of members of the National Academy of Sciences includes approximately 2,000 members and 350 foreign associates of the United States National Academy of Sciences, each of whom is affiliated with one of 31 disciplinary sections. Each person's name, primary institution, and election year are given.
In 1950 Harry S. Truman signed Public Law 507, or 42 U.S.C. 16 [26] creating the National Science Foundation. [27] [28] which provided for a National Science Board of twenty-four part-time members. In 1951 Truman nominated Alan T. Waterman, chief scientist at the Office of Naval Research, to become the first Director.
Following the passage of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, in 1950, President Harry Truman named Barnes as a member of the National Science Board of the National Science Foundation. Barnes was one of two African American members of the board at this point, along with John Warren Davis from West Virginia State College (now West ...
On September 16, 2016 President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Fuchs as a member of the National Science Board and National Science Foundation. [10] He is a member of the board’s class of 2016 – 2022. [11]
Mortar Board is an American national honor society for college seniors. It was established in 1918 in Syracuse, New York by merging four local women's organizations from four institutions. [1] It started admitting men in 1975. [1] Some of its notable members follow.
In 2018, Garimella was appointed as a member of the National Science Board by the Trump Administration. [5] He was named a Jefferson Science Fellow by the United States Department of State in 2010 in the Obama Administration. [5] He has also was a Science Advisor in the International Energy Agency. [6]
This list is a subsection of the List of members of the National Academy of Sciences, which includes approximately 2,500 living members and 500 foreign associates of the United States National Academy of Sciences, each of whom is affiliated with one of 31 disciplinary sections. Members are listed under their primary subsection and each person's ...