Former NIST Director Lewis Branscomb Connected the Curiosity of Scientists With the Needs of the Nation
July 27, 2023
July 27, 2023
WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology issued the following news on July 26, 2023:
Lewis Branscomb, the director of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) from 1969 to 1972, died in May at 96 years old. He led teams of scientists to pioneering discoveries, and when he left the agency, now known as National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), he was only 45, yet he had already clocked more professional ac . . .
Lewis Branscomb, the director of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) from 1969 to 1972, died in May at 96 years old. He led teams of scientists to pioneering discoveries, and when he left the agency, now known as National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), he was only 45, yet he had already clocked more professional ac . . .