From
NBS to NIST
Over the past
century, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has
had several different names. Founded as the National Bureau of Standards
in 1901, it was renamed Bureau of Standards in 1903. In 1934, the
word "national" was affixed again to its name. For more than 50
years it remained the National Bureau of Standards, or NBS. It became
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, in
1988. To eliminate confusion, the name National Institute of Standards
and Technology is used throughout this web site.
During its first
100 years, NIST was led by the following directors:
Samuel
W. Stratton, 1901-1922
George
K. Burgess, 1923-1932
Lyman
J. Briggs, 1932-1945
Edward
U. Condon, 1945-1951
Allen
V. Astin, 1951-1969
Lewis
M. Branscomb, 1969-1972
Richard
W. Roberts, 1973-1975
Ernest
Ambler, 1975-1989
John
W. Lyons, 1990-1993
Arati
Prabhakar, 1993-1997
Ray
Kammer, 1997-2000
Karen
Brown (Acting Director), 2000-2001
Arden
L. Bement, Jr., 2001-2004
Hratch Semerjian
(Acting Director), 2004-2005
William A. Jeffrey, 2005-2007
James M. Turner (Deputy Director), 2007-Present
Date created:
11/1/2000
Last updated: 06/05/08
Contact: inquiries@nist.gov
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