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Allen Varley Astin (June 12, 1904 – January 28, 1984) was an American physicist who served as director of the United States National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology) from 1951 until 1969. During the Second World War he worked on the proximity fuse.
31 de jul. de 2018 · To this day, the story of NBS Director Allen Astin and his example of integrity is told to all new employees as part of their orientation to NIST. We also share the speech that Allen Astin gave at the meeting of the American Physical Society in May of 1953, an organization that stood by him and NBS.
24 de oct. de 2010 · Allen Astin was the director of NIST (then NBS) from 1951 to 1969. He faced a political pressure to test a battery additive called AD-X2, which he refused to do, and was fired by the new administration in 1953.
Allen V. Astin. 1904–1984. A Biographical Memoir by Elio Passaglia, with a summary of Astin’s term as NAS Home Secretary by Daniel Barbiero. ©2018 National Academy of Sciences. Any opinions expressed in this memoir are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Academy of Sciences. ALLEN VARLEY A S T I N.
Allen V. Astin was the director of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS)—now the National Institute of Science and Technology—for seventeen years. As director, he gained the organization international recognition as a leading global center for scientific and technical research.
5 de ago. de 2018 · August 5, 2018. In 1930, a young Ph.D. physicist named Allen V. Astin secured his first position at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), now known as NIST. By 1951, he had risen through the ranks to become the director of NBS. It was Astin’s leadership of the bureau through the tumultuous AD-X2 battery additive.
Biography. Allen V. Astin was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1904 and was educated at the University of Utah (B.S., Physics) and New York University (M.S. and Ph.D., Physics). He also has been awarded honorary doctorates by Lehigh, George Washington, and New York Universities.
