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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.
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Oct 24, 2010 · As the fairness and accuracy of the NBS testing programs were called into question in a very public way by the U.S. Congress, President Harry Truman appointed Allen Astin to the position of Acting Director of the Bureau. During May, 1952, Astin was confirmed as NBS Director.
The Astin Case. NBS Director Reinstated. Physics Today 6 (10), 18–20 (1953); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3061023. Share. Reprints and Permissions. Cite. 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 ...
Jul 31, 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.
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.
At the time of Dr. Astin's appointment, the work of the Bureau was severely hampered by overcrowded and inadequate facilities. Accordingly, in 1955 he began the planning for what has become a complex of modern functional laboratories on a 570-acre site near Gaithersburg, Maryland.
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.
