Presidential Science Advisors
From Scienticity
| Advisor | Title | Served | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vannevar Bush | D, OSRD | F.D. Roosevelt | 1941--1947 |
| Oliver E. Buckley | Truman | 1951--1952 | |
| Lee A. DuBridge | Truman & Eisenhower | 1952--1956 | |
| Isidor I. Rabi | Eisenhower | 1956--1957 | |
| James R. Killian, Jr | Eisenhower | 1957--1959 | |
| George B. Kistiakowsky | Eisenhower | 1959--1961 | |
| Jerome B. Wiesner | Kennedy & Johnson | 1961--1964 | |
| Donald F. Hornig | D, OST | Johnson | 1964--1969 |
| Lee A. Dubridge | D, OST | Nixon | 1969--1970 |
| Edward E. David, Jr. | D, OST | Nixon | 1970--1973 |
| H. Guyford Stever | D, OSTP | Ford | 1973--1977 |
| Frank Press | D, OSTP | Carter | 1977--1981 |
| Benjamin Huberman | AD, OSTP | Reagan | 1981 |
| George A. Keyworth, II | D, OSTP | Reagan | 1981--1985 |
| John P. McTague | AD, OSTP | Reagan | 1986 |
| Richard G. Johnson | AD, OSTP | Reagan | 1986 |
| William R. Graham, Jr | D, OSTP | Reagan | 1986--1989 |
| Thomas P. Rona | AD, OSTP | Reagan | 1989 |
| D. Allan Bromley | D, OSTP | G.H.W. Bush | 1989--1993 |
| John H. Gibbons | D, OSTP | Clinton | 1993--1998 |
| Kerri-Ann Jones | AD, OSTP | Clinton | 1998 |
| Neal F. Lane | D, OSTP | Clinton | 1998--2001 |
| Rosina Bierbaum | AD, OSTP | G.W. Bush | 2001 |
| Clifford Gabriel | AD, OSTP | G.W. Bush | 2001 |
| John H. Marburger III | D, OSTP | G.W. Bush | 2001--January 2009 |
| Ted Wackler | AD, OSTP | Obama | January--March 2009 |
| John Holdren | D, OSTP | Obama | March 2009--present |
Notes
- "D" = Director
- "AD" = Acting Director
- "OSRD" = Office of Scientific Research and Development, created in 1941 to oversee the Manhattan project
- "OST" = Office of Science and Technology, established in July 1961
- "OSTP" = Office of Science & Technology Policy, established in June 1973
Sources
- White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, "Previous Science Advisors"
- "Events in the Life of Vannevar Bush", Brown University Computer Graphics Group of the Graphics and Visualization Center, 1996.
- "Vannevar Bush", University of San Diego History Department, c. 2000.
