Measures for Progress: A History of the National Bureau of Standards

DIRECFOR
Assistant to the Director
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS
Assistant Director for Research and
Testing
Assistant Director for Commercial Stand-
ardization
I. ELECTRICITY
1. Resistance Measurements
2. Inductance and Capacitance
3. Electrical Instruments
4. Magnetic Measurements
5. Photometry
6. Radio
7. Underground Corrosion
9. Electrochemistry
10. Telephone Standards
II. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
1. Length
2. Mass
3. Time
4. Capacity and Density
5. Gas Measuring Instruments
6. Thermal Expansion, Dental Re-
search
7. Weights and Measures Admin-
istration
8. Large-capacity Scales
9. Limit Gages
ADMINISTRATIVE, SCIENTIFIC, AND
TECHNICAL STAFF CHIEFS
Briggs, Dr Lyman J.
Henry D.
Crittenden, Dr Eugene C.
Dr Addams S.
Crittenden, Dr Eugene C.
Dr Frank
Curtis, Dr Harvey L.
Silsbee, Dr Francis B.
Sanford, Raymond L.
*Meyer, Dr J. Franklin
Dellinger, Dr J. Howard
Logan, Kirk H.
Vinal, Dr George W.
Dr Frank A.
Bearce, Henry W.
Judson, Dr Lewis V.
5pienkowsky, Dr Arthur T.
Gould, Ralph E.
Peffer, Elmer L.
Bean, Howard S.
Souder, Dr Wilmer
Smith, Ralph W.
Smith, Ralph W.
Miller, David R.
as of May 1, 1940
*Hubbard, retired Sept. 1, 1938; died 1945.
*McAllister, retired, Feb. 28, 1945.
*Wenner, retired, 1943.
retired, Jan. 31, 1941 (iii health).
*Wolff, retired, Apr. 30, 1941.
*pienkowsky, retired, 1944, and joined staff of Torsion Balance Co.; died Dec. 31,
1960.
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