Agency history, 1982-

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Subject

  • Dias, R. Bruce
  • Boczenowski, John
  • Shaw, James
  • Haworth, Kari

Category

Agency History

Notes

  • This is an agency history. It does not describe actual records. The Smithsonian Institution Archives uses these histories as brief accounts of the origin, development, and functions of an office or administrative unit to set that unit in its historical context. To find information on record holdings, please double-click the highlighted field "Creator/Author", which will open on a brief view of relevant records.
  • Smithsonian Research Report No. 99, Engineering Innovations Help SAO Operate at the Forefront of Technology Summer 1999
  • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Central Engineering, http://ce-www.harvard.edu/, accessed March 4, 2005
  • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Central Engineering, http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/ce, 2007-2011
  • Smithsonian Staff Directory, 2017
  • LinkedIn, James Shaw, https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-shaw-8254a3b/, accessed April 5, 2022
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Central Engineering, https://pweb.cfa.harvard.edu/people/central-engineering, accessed April 5, 2022
  • The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Central Engineering Department is the primary source for state-of-the-art ground based and space borne scientific instrumentation development. The department is a full service engineering organization providing a broad range of highly sophisticated engineering capabilities regardless of project size or schedule. It also provides independent engineering design and analysis efforts and program management. R. Bruce Dias has served as manager of Central Engineering, 1982-2007. John Boczenowski was interim manager from 2008-2010, and was followed by James Shaw, who was manager from 2010-2020. Kari Haworth was appointed manager in 2021.
  • For a history of the larger creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1982
  • 1982-

Topic

  • Engineering
  • Astrophysical observatories
  • Scientific apparatus and instruments

Form/Genre

Mixed archival materials

Local number

SIA AH00404

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