Science Advisor to the President
Cabinet-level Advisor to the President of United States
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]
List
change| Name | Agency | President | Term | |
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Vannevar Bush | OSRD | Franklin D. Roosevelt | June 28, 1941 – December 31, 1947 |
| Harry S. Truman | ||||
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Oliver Buckley | PSAC | April 20, 1951 – June 15, 1952 | |
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Lee DuBridge | 1952–1956 | ||
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||||
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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 | John F. Kennedy | January 20, 1961 – January 24, 1964 |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | ||||
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Donald Hornig | January 24, 1964 – January 20, 1969 | ||
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Lee DuBridge | Richard Nixon | January 20, 1969 – August 31, 1970 | |
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Ed David | August 31, 1970 – January 26, 1973 | ||
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Guyford Stever | OSTP | Gerald Ford | August 9, 1976 – January 20, 1977 |
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Frank Press | Jimmy Carter | January 20, 1977 – February 1981 | |
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Benjamin Huberman (acting) | Ronald Reagan | February 1981 – August 1981 | |
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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 | ||
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William Wells (acting) | George H. W. Bush | August 1989 | |
| Allan Bromley | August 1989 – January 20, 1993 | |||
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Jack Gibbons | Bill Clinton | January 20, 1993 – April 3, 1998 | |
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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) | George W. Bush | January 21, 2001 – September 30, 2001 | |
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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) | Barack Obama | January 20, 2009 – March 19, 2009 | |
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John Holdren | March 19, 2009 – January 20, 2017 | ||
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Ted Wackler (acting) | Donald Trump | January 20, 2017 – January 11, 2019 | |
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Kelvin Droegemeier | January 11, 2019 – January 15, 2021 | ||
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Kei Koizumi (acting) | Joe Biden | January 20, 2021 – June 2, 2021 | |
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Eric Lander | June 2, 2021 – February 18, 2022 | ||
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Francis Collins (acting) | February 18, 2022 – October 3, 2022 | ||
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Arati Prabhakar | Since October 3, 2022 | ||
References
change- ↑ Biden-Harris Transition (15 January 2021). "President-elect Biden Announces Key Members of his White House Science Team". Build Back Better. 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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