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Title Allen Varley Astin papers, Summary Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, agenda, reports, studies, congressional testimony, writings, speeches, conference papers, university teaching and training course records, research data, printed matter, and photographs documenting Astin's career at the National Bureau of Standards (1928-1969), particularly as director (1952-1969), during which time ...
The Astin Case. On August 21st, one hundred and forty‐four stormy days after the forced resignation of Allen V. Astin as director of the National Bureau of Standards (see Physics Today, VI, 5, 20, May 1953), Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks issued the following press release: “I have asked Dr. Allen V. Astin to continue as Director of ...
John Allen Astin was born on March 30, 1930, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Margaret Linnie Mackenzie and Dr. Allen Varley Astin. His father was a physicist who served as the fifth director of the ‘National Board of Standards’ (currently known as the ‘National Institute of Standards and Technology’) from 1951 to 1969.
John Astin. John Allen Astin (born March 30, 1930) is a retired American actor and director who has appeared in numerous stage, television and film roles, primarily in character roles. He is best known for starring in The Addams Family (1964–1966), as patriarch Gomez Addams, reprising the role in the television film Halloween with the New ...
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.
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Apr 21, 2023 · John Astin. John Astin is the son of former NIST director Allen V. Astin. He is an American director and actor best known for his iconic role as Gomez Addams in TV's "The Addams Family" series. He spent a number of years as the Homewood Professor of the Arts and director of the Theatre Arts and Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University.
Media in category "Allen V. Astin" The following 14 files are in this category, out of 14 total. Astin Allen001.jpg 3,214 × 4,554; 11.02 MB.
