National Academy of Sciences history

Following on its recommendations, the committee itself from March through September 1864 oversaw the correction of compasses on twenty-seven Union ships.

Although the end of the Civil War in 1865 eliminated the immediate circumstances leading to the founding of the Academy, the government continued to find a need for the young scientific consulting body.

The immediate aftermath of the war brought with it problems in need of solutions, and thus in January of 1867 the Academy found itself asked to evaluate the viability of zinc-coated cast iron blocks for use as headstones on the graves of soldiers killed in the war.

Henry was entering his seventies when he first agreed to serve as the National Academy's president in 1868.

Learn about the scientific research of Joseph Henry (1797–1878), first Smithsonian Secretary and renowned physicist, and how he helped set the Institution on its course.

The book features a detailed look into the founding and forming of the Academy; the annals of the academy including the classifications of membership in 1892; lists of those involved with the Academy including officers and foreign associates; the Academy's publications, and more.

In 1950 the Academy and the Council were administratively joined.

Stephen J. Elledge, in full Stephen Joseph Elledge, (born August 7, 1956, Paris, Illinois, United States), American geneticist known for his discoveries of genes involved in cell-cycle regulation and DNA repair.

In 1970 the parent academy established an Institute of Medicine to provide advisory services in the areas of medicine and public health on a national scale.

COCHRANE, REXMOND C. 1978.

In 1989 Elledge became an assistant professor in biochemistry at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

Educating One and All: Students with Disabilities and Standards-Based Reform (1997) is a congressionally requested report that examines how the seemingly contradictory goals of special education and standards-based reform can be reconciled.

High Stakes: Testing for Tracking, Promotion, and Graduation (1999) reviews the legal, educational, and psychometric foundations of testing, and recommends policies and practices to promote appropriate use of tests.

Winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics, Doctor Mather studied cosmic microwave background radiation and received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of California.

She has received many leadership awards, including the American Society for Training and Development’s highest award for professional and community contribution and the 2012 Thought Leader Award by the Instructional Systems Association.