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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.
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 Addams Family ...
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 · 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.
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...
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.
