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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.
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Oct 24, 2010 · Allen V. Astin: A Turning Point for the National Bureau of Standards | NIST. Allen Astin (June 12, 1904 – January 28, 1984) was director of NIST from 1951 until 1969. Credit: NIST. by Jim Schooley, SAA History Committee. Political pressure is the bane of objective scientific work in any setting university, industry, or government.
Jul 31, 2018 · A speech by former NIST director Allen V. Astin, who served from 1952 to 1969 and faced a challenge of political pressure and scandal over the AD-X2 battery additive. He exemplified NIST's core values of perseverance, integrity, inclusivity and excellence, and his sons share their personal perspectives on his life and legacy.
Feb 8, 1984 · Allen V. Astin, who for 17 years directed the National Bureau of Standards and became the central figure in a controversy over the effectiveness of a battery additive, died Saturday in...
Aug 5, 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.
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.
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.
