Burden, William A. (4/8/1906-10/15/1984)

Summary

• Number of Terms: 4
• Occupation: Aviation executive with Brown Brothers, Harriman and Co.; Scudder, Stevens and Clark; National Aviation Corporation; U.S. Weather Bureau; U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; and served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Air.
• Committees/Roles: Member, Executive Committee, 5/10/1972-10/15/21984. Served on National Air and Space Museum Advisory Board, strongly supported its founding and donated a significant collection of ballooning memorabilia. Member, Ad Hoc Investment Policy Committee, 1970-1971; Chair, Investment Policy Committee, 1972-1984.

Subject

• Burden, William A. M (William Armistead Moale) 1906-
• Board of Regents
• Citizen Regent
• Board of Regents Investment Policy Committee

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

Regent type

Citizen

State

New York

Notes

Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives. 1975 edition. Volume 2: "Directors and Executives." New York: Standard & Poor's Corp., 1975; New York Times Biographical Service. A compilation of current biographical information of general interest. Volume 15, Numbers 1-12; The Smithsonian Torch, no. 12 (new series), January 1966, p. 2.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Regent Tenure: 07/02/1962-1984

Topic

• Executives
• Regents
• New York

Place

New York

Form/Genre

Biographies

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