Bush, Vannevar (03/11/1890-06/28/1974)

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Summary

  • Occupation: Science administrator, engineer
  • Number of Terms: 3
  • Committees/Roles: Member, Executive Committee, November 1940-January 1, 1956

Subject

  • Bush, Vannevar 1890-1974
  • Board of Regents
  • Citizen Regent
  • Board of Regents Executive Committee

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

Regent type

Citizen

State

District of Columbia

Short Legal Citation

  • 54 Stat. 82 (1940), ch. 76
  • 60 Stat. 160 (1946), ch. 246
  • 66 Stat. 154 (1952), ch. 455

Notes

American National Biography. 24 volumes. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999; Dictionary of American Biography. Supplement 9. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons; Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada, 1994; Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Volumes 17-18, Supplement II. Edited by Frederick L. Holmes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990; Who Was Who in America. Volume 6, 1974-1976. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1976.

Contact information

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

Date

Regent Tenure: 04/04/1940-01/01/1956

Topic

  • Government executives
  • Regents

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

Biographies

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