Science Advisor to the President
The Science Advisor to the President is a person in charged with advising the President of the United States with scientific and technology opinions and issues. The first Science Advisor, Vannevar Bush, chairman of the Office of Scientific Research and Development. The US Congress created the Office of Science and Technology Policy in 1976, usually making the director of that office the science advisor. In 2021, President Joe Biden made that position part of the Cabinet of the United States.[1][2]
Science Advisors
[change | change source]| Image | Name | Agency | Start | End | President | |
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Vannevar Bush | OSRD | June 28, 1941 | December 31, 1947 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945) | |
| Harry S. Truman (1945–1953) | ||||||
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Oliver Buckley | PSAC | April 20, 1951 | June 15, 1952 | ||
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Lee DuBridge | 1952 | 1956 | |||
| Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961) | ||||||
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Isidor Rabi | 1956 | 1957 | |||
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James Killian | November 7, 1957 | July 1959 | |||
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George Kistiakowsky | July 1959 | January 20, 1961 | |||
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Jerome Wiesner | OST | January 20, 1961 | January 24, 1964 | John F. Kennedy (1961–1963) | |
| Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969) | ||||||
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Donald Hornig | January 24, 1964 | January 20, 1969 | |||
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Lee DuBridge | January 20, 1969 | August 31, 1970 | Richard Nixon (1969–1974) | ||
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Ed David | August 31, 1970 | January 26, 1973 | |||
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Guyford Stever | OSTP | August 9, 1976 | January 20, 1977 | Gerald Ford (1974–1977) | |
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Frank Press | January 20, 1977 | January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter | ||
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Benjamin Huberman Acting |
March 5, 1981 | August 1981 | Ronald Reagan (1981–1989) | ||
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Jay Keyworth | August 1981 | December 1985 | |||
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John McTague Acting |
January 1986 | May 23, 1986 | |||
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Richard Johnson Acting |
May 24, 1986 | October 1, 1986 | |||
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William Graham | October 2, 1986 | June 1989 | |||
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Thomas Rona Acting |
June 1989 | August 1989 | George H. W. Bush (1989–1993) | ||
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William Wells Acting |
August 1989 | August 1989 | |||
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Allan Bromley | August 1989 | January 20, 1993 | |||
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Jack Gibbons | January 20, 1993 | April 3, 1998 | Bill Clinton (1993–2001) | ||
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Kerri-Ann Jones Acting |
April 4, 1998 | August 3, 1998 | |||
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Neal Lane | August 4, 1998 | January 20, 2001 | |||
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Rosina Bierbaum Acting |
January 21, 2001 | September 30, 2001 | George W. Bush (2001–2009) | ||
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Clifford Gabriel Acting |
October 1, 2001 | October 28, 2001 | |||
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Jack Marburger | October 29, 2001 | January 20, 2009 | |||
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Ted Wackler Acting |
January 20, 2009 | March 19, 2009 | Barack Obama (2009–2017) | ||
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John Holdren | March 19, 2009 | January 20, 2017 | |||
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Ted Wackler Acting |
January 20, 2017 | January 11, 2019 | Donald Trump (2017–2021) | ||
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Kelvin Droegemeier | January 11, 2019 | January 15, 2021 | |||
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Kei Koizumi Acting |
January 20, 2021 | January 25, 2021 | Joe Biden (2021–2025) | ||
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Eric Lander | January 25, 2021 | February 18, 2022 | |||
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Francis Collins Acting |
February 18, 2022 | October 3, 2022 | |||
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Arati Prabhakar | October 3, 2022 | January 20, 2025 | |||
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Michael Kratsios | January 20, 2025 | present | Donald Trump (2025–present) | ||
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Biden-Harris Transition (15 January 2021). "President-elect Biden Announces Key Members of his White House Science Team". Build Back Better. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ↑ Carl Zimmer (15 January 2021). "Biden to Elevate Science Adviser to His Cabinet". The New York Times.
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