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

DIRECTOR
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
L ELECTRICITY
1. Resistance Measurements
2. Inductance and Capacitance
3. Electrical Instruments
4. Magnetic Measurements
5. Radio
7. Underground Corrosion
9. Electrochemistry
II. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
1. Length
2. Mass
3. Time
4. Capacity and Density
5. Gas Measuring Instruments
6. Thermal Expansion;
Research
7. Weights and Measures Admin-
istration
8. Large-capacity Scales
9. Limit Gages
III. HEAT AND POWER
1. Thermometry
ADMINISTRATIVE, SCIENTIFIC, AND
TECHNICAL STAFF CHIEFS
*Briggs, Dr Lyman J.
Crittenden, Dr Eugene C.
Crittenden, Dr Eugene C.
Silsbee, Dr Francis B.
(Assistant)
Thomas, Dr JamesL.
*Curtis, Dr Harvey L.
Silsbee, Dr Francis B.
Sanford, Raymond L.
*Dellinger, Dr J. Howard
*Logan, Kirk H.
Vinal, Dr George W.
*Bearce, Henry W.
Souder, Dr Wilmer
(Assistant)
Judson, Dr Lewis V.
McCurdy, Lloyd B.
*Gould, Ralph E.
*peffer, Elmer L.
Bean, Howard S.
Souder, Dr Wilmer
Smith, Ralph W.
as of July 1, 1945
Russell, H. Haig 1919—
Miller, David R.
*Dickinson, Dr Hobart C.
Cragoe, Carl S. (Assist- 1918—50
ant)
*Busse, Miss Johanna
*Briggs, retired, Nov. 5, 1945; died Mar. 25, 1963.
*Curtis, to Ordnance Development Division, 1946; retired late that year.
*Dellinger, retired, Apr. 30, 1948; NBS consultant.
*Logan, to Cast Iron Pipe Research Association, 1944.
*Bearce, retired Sept. 30, 1945.
*Gould, retired, 1950.
*peffer, died July 1948.
*Dickinson, retired Oct. 31, 1945; died Nov. 27, 1949.
*Cragoe, resigned 1950.
*Busse, Miss, retired, 1949.
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