List of directors of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

The National Institute of Standards and Technology succeeded the National Bureau of Standards in 1988. Following is a list of the directors of both agencies.[1]

NameDatesNotes
Samuel W. Stratton1901-1922
George K. Burgess1923-1932
Lyman J. Briggs1932-1945
Edward U. Condon1945-1951
Allen V. Astin1951-1969Forced to resign over AD-X2 battery additive fraud that he stood up against - reinstated after 5 months after public and scientific uproar.
Lewis M. Branscomb1969-1972
Richard W. Roberts1973-1975
Ernest Ambler1975-1989Ambler served as acting director from 1975 to 1977. He was first appointed as director of NBS and continued as director of NIST following the agency's reorganization in 1988.
John W. Lyons1990-1993
Arati Prabhakar1993-1997
Raymond G. Kammer1997-2000
Karen Brown2000-2001acting director
Arden L. Bement Jr.2001-2004
Hratch Semerjian2004-2005acting director
William A. Jeffrey2005 to 2007
James M. Turner2007 to 2008acting director
Patrick D. Gallagher2008 to 2014Gallagher served as acting director from September 2008 to November 2009.
Willie E. May2014 to 2017Resignation effective January 3, 2017 at the end of the Obama administration
Kent Rochford2017Permanent Assistant Director for Laboratory Programs, Acting NIST Director
Walter Copanconfirmed October 5, 2017

References
  1. "Directors of the National Bureau of Standards (1901 - 1988) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (1988 - present)". NIST. National Institute of Standards and Technology. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
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