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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science
Dates
1848 – present
Authorized Form of Name
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Additional Forms of Names
A.A.A.S.
AAAS
American Association for the Advancement of Science (Washington)
Institutional History
Abstract
First permanent organization formed to promote the development of science and engineering at the national level and to represent the interests of all its disciplines.
Past Presidents
1848, William C. Redfield
1849, Joseph Henry
1850, Alexander Dallas Bache
1851, Louis Agassiz
1852, Benjamin Peirce
1854, James Dwight Dana
1855, John Torrey
1856, James Hall
1857, Alexis Caswell
1857, Jacob Whitman Bailey
1858, Jeffries Wyman
1859, Stephen Alexander
1860, Isaac Lea
1866, Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard
1867, John Strong Newberry
1868, Benjamin Apthorp Gould
1869, John Wells Foster
1870, Thomas Sterry Hunt
1870, William Chauvenet
1871, Asa Gray
1872, John Lawrence Smith
1873, Joseph Lovering
1874, John Lawrence LeConte
1875, Julius Erasmus Hilgard
1876, William Barton Rogers
1877, Simon Newcomb
1878, Othniel Charles Marsh
1879, George Frederick Barker
1880, Lewis Henry Morgan
1881, George Jarvis Brush
1882, John William Dawson
1883, Charles Augustus Young
1884, John Peter Lesley
1885, Hubert Anson Newton
1886, Edward Sylvester Morse
1887, Samuel Pierpont Langley
1888, John Wesley Powell
1889, Thomas Corwin Mendenhall
1890, George L. Goodale
1891, Albert Benjamin Prescott
1892, Joseph LeConte
1893, William Harkness
1894, Daniel Garrison Brinton
1895, Edward Williams Morley
1896, Theodore Gill
1896, Edward Drinker Cope
1897, Wolcott Gibbs
1897, William John McGee (acting)
1898, Frederic Ward Putnam
1899, Grove Karl Gilbert
1899, Marcus Benjamin
1899, Edward Francis Orton
1900, R. S. Woodward
1901, Charles S. Minot
1902, Ira Remsen
1902, Asaph Hall
1903, Carroll Davidson Wright
1904, William Gilson Farlow
1905, Calvin Milton Woodward
1906, William Henry Welch
1907, Edward L. Nichols
1908, Thomas C. Chamberlin
1909, David Starr Jordan
1910, Albert Abraham Michelson
1911, Charles Edwin Bessey
1912, Edward Charles Pickering
1913, Edmund Beecher Wilson
1914, Charles William Eliot
1915, William Wallace Campbell
1916, Charles Richard Van Hise
1917, Theodore William Richards
1918, John Merle Coulter
1919, Simon Flexner
1920, Leland O. Howard
1921, Eliakim H. Moore
1922, James Playfair McMurrich
1923, Charles Doolittle Walcott
1924, James McKeen Cattell
1925, Michael I. Pupin
1926, Liberty Hyde Bailey
1927, Arthur Amos Noyes
1928, Henry Fairfield Osborn
1929, Robert Andrews Millikan
1930, Thomas Hunt Morgan
1931, Franz Boas
1932, John Jacob Abel
1933, Henry Norris Russell
1934, Edward Lee Thorndike
1935, Karl Taylor Compton
1936, Edwin Grant Conklin
1937, George David Birkhoff
1938, Wesley Clair Mitchell
1939, Walter Bradford Cannon
1940, Albert Francis Blakeslee
1941, Irving Langmuir
1942, Arthur Holly Compton
1943, Isiah Bowman
1944, Anton Julius Carlson
1946, James Bryant Conant
1946, Charles Franklin Kettering
1947, Harlow Shapley
1948, Edmund Ware Sinnott
1949, Elvin Charles Stakman
1950, Roger Adams
1951, Kirtley Fletcher Mather
1952, Detlev Wulf Bronk
1953, Edward Uhler Condon
1954, Warren Weaver
1955, George Wells Beadle
1956, Paul Bigelow Sears
1957, Laurence H. Snyder
1958, Wallace Reed Brode
1959, Paul Ernest Klopsteg
1960, Chancey Depew Leake
1961, Thomas Park
1962, Paul M. Gross
1963, Alan Tower Waterman
1964, Laurence McKinley Gould
1965, Henry Eyring
1966, Alfred Sherwood Romer
1967, Don Krasher Price
1968, Walter Orr Roberts
1969, Hiram Bentley Glass
1970, Athelstan Spilhaus
1971, Mina Rees
1972, Glenn Theodore Seaborg
1973, Leonard M. Rieser
1974, Roger Revelle
1975, Margaret Mead
1976, William David McElroy
1977-78, Emilio Quincy Daddario
1979, Edward E. David, Jr.
1980, Kenneth Ewart Boulding
1981, Frederick Mosteller
1982, D. Allan Bromley
1983, E. Margaret Burbidge
1984, Anna Jane Harrison
1985, David A. Hamburg
1986, Gerard Piel
1987, Lawrence Bogorad
1988, Seila Evans Widnall
1989, Walter E. Massey
1990, Richard C. Atkinson
1991, Donald N. Langenberg
1992, Leon M. Lederman
1993, F. Sherwood Rowland
1994, Eloise E. Clark
1995, Francisco J. Ayala
1996, Rita R. Colwell
1997, Jane Lubchenco
1998, Mildred S. Dresselhaus
1999, M. R. C. Greenwood
2000, Stephen Jay Gould
2001, Mary L. Good
2002, Peter H. Raven
2003, Floyd E. Bloom
2004, Mary Ellen Avery
2005, Shirley Ann Jackson
2006, Gilbert S. Omenn
2007, John P. Holdren
2008, David Baltimore
2009, James J. McCarthy
2010, Peter Agre
2011, Alice S. Huang
2012, Nina V. Federoff
2013, William H. Press
2014, Phillip A. Sharp
Important Dates
September 20, 1848Formation, Philadelphia (Pa.).
1850First female member, Maria Mitchell, astronomer from Nantucket, Massachusetts joined.
1854 – 1868Joseph Lovering, Executive Officer.
1856Meeting in Albany, New York involved the dedication of two major scientific facilities: the state geological museum and the Dudley Observatory.
1861 – 1865No meetings or elected officers during the Civil War.
1866First meeting after the society was dormant during the Civil War.
1869Frederic Ward Putnam, Executive Officer.
1870Constitution was changed to create a more prestigious category of "fellows" for members "professionally engaged in science" or those who "by their labors aided in advancing science.".
1870 – 1873Joseph Lovering, 2nd term as Executive Officer.
1873Gift of $1000 from Elizabeth Thompson, a wealthy Boston widow with an interest in science, established a fund to provide research grants.
1873 – 1898Frederic Ward Putnam, 2nd term as Executive Officer.
1880 – 1882John Michels, editor of "Science.".
1883 – 1884Samuel H. Scudder, editor of "Science.".
February 9, 1883First issue of "Science" magazine after being taken under the wing of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
1885 – 1894N. D. C. Hodges, editor of "Science.".
November 1894"Science" magazine was sold to James McKeen Cattell for $500.
1895 – 1944James McKeen Cattell, editor of "Science.".
1898 – 1920Leland O. Howard, Executive Officer.
1900Agreement for "Science" to be the official journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) while being run by James McKeen Cattell.
1907First permanent home in the Smithsonian's castle on the national mall, Washington (D.C.).
1913Committee of One Hundred on Scientific Research was created.
1915First West Coast meeting in San Francisco and the Pacific Division was formed.
1919Constitution amended to strengthen ties to other societies and the Association made efforts to recruit societies that had not previously been affiliates.
1920Southwestern Division formed.
1920 – 1930Burton E. Livingston, Executive Officer.
1923Established its annual "Thousand Dollar Prize" to reward younger scientists presenting their research at annual meetings.
1931 – 1932Charles F. Roos, Executive Officer.
1933Council adopted a "Declaration of Intellectual Freedom," that condemned "threatening inroads upon intellectual freedom" as "a major crime against civiliation itself.".
1933 – 1937Henry B. Ward, Executive Officer.
1937 – 1948Forest Ray Moulton, Executive Officer.
1938Took over responsibility for the Gibson Island Research Conferences.
1942"AAAS Bulletin" was started to keep in touch with members during World War II.
1944 – 1945Jacques Cattell and Josephine Owen Cattell, editors of "Science.".
1946New constitution was adopted and set new objectives for the society.
1946New headquarters acquired at 15th Street and Massachusetts Avenue, NW, in Washington, D.C, Washington (D.C.).
1946 – 1947Willard L. Valentine, editor of "Science.".
1946 – 1956"Science" was once again taken over by the society.
1947 – 1948Mildred Atwood, acting editor of "Science.".
1948Gibson Island Research Conferences were renamed for their founder, Neil Gordon, to become the Gordon Research Conferences.
1948 – 1949George A. Baitsell, editor of "Science.".
1949 – 1953Howard A. Meyerhoff, editor of "Science" and Executive Officer.
1951"Thousand Dollar Prize" was renamed "Newcomb Cleveland Prize" after the benefactor's death.
1951Alaska Division formed (now the Arctic Division).
September 1951Arden House conference, attended by the executive committee and a number of consultants defined the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as it exists today.
1953Hiram Bentley Glass, acting editor of "Science.".
1953Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology founded to collect and disseminate information about human resources for science and technology in the United States.
1954Duane Roller, editor of "Science.".
1954 – 1970Dael Wolfle, Executive Officer.
1955Received $300,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and hired John Mayor to develop a "Science Teaching Improvement Program.".
1956 – 1962Graham DuShane, editor of "Science" and combined "The Scientific Monthly" into "Science.".
1962 – 1974Commission on Science Education provided guidance and direction to a wide range of educational activities.
1962 – 1984Philip H. Abelson, editor of "Science.".
1969First female president elected, Mina Rees.
1970 – 1974William Bevan, Executive Officer.
1973Constitution of the society that establishes the governance through four entities: a President, a group of administrative officers, a Council, and a Board of Directors.
1974Mass Media Fellows program was established.
1974 – 1975Philip H. Abelson, acting Executive Officer.
1975 – 1987William D. Carey, Executive Officer.
1976"Newcomb Cleveland Prize" was increased to $5000 and redefined to honor authors of papers in "Science.".
1981Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award created to recognize the courage of scientists and engineers, some of whom have risked their careers or even lives for ethical stands.
1985Headquarters at 1515 Massachusetts Avenue, NW is sold and they moved to 1333 H Street, NW, Washington (D.C.).
1985Launched Project 2061 which is a long-term effort to reform science, mathematics, and technology education at the kindergarten through 12th grade levels to ensure science literacy for all Americans.
1985Caribbean Division formed.
1985 – 1995Daniel E. Koshland, Jr., editor of "Science.".
1987 – 1988Alvin W. Trivelpiece, Executive Officer.
1989Philip H. Abelson, acting Executive Officer.
1989First African American president elected, Walter Massey.
1989 – 2001Richard S. Nicholson, Executive Officer.
1995 – 2000Floyd E. Bloom, editor of "Science.".
1997William T. Golden Center for Science and Engineering at 12th Street and New York Avenue was dedicated, Washington (D.C.).
2000 – 2008Donald Kennedy, editor of "Science.".
2001 – 2013Alan I. Leshner, Executive Officer.
2008 – 2013Bruce Alberts, editor of "Science.".
2013 – presentMarcia McNutt, editor of "Science.".
Places
Formation
Headquarters
Subjects
Citations
From the history section of AAAS website.
Relationships
People
Employees & Officers
Abel, John Jacob, 1857-1938
President.
Editor of "Science" who transformed it into the journal it is today and acting Executive Officer.
Adams, Roger, 1889-1971
President.
Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873
Founding member and President.
Agre, Peter, 1949-
President.
Alberts, Bruce
Editor of "Science."
Alexander, Stephen, 1806-1883
President.
Atkinson, Richard C.
President.
Atwood, Mildred
Editor of "Science."
Avery, Mary Ellen, 1927-2011
President.
Ayala, Francisco José, 1934-
President.
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867
Founding member and President.
Bailey, Jacob Whitman, 1811-1857
President.
Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954
President.
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
First permanent secretary.
Baitsell, George Alfred, 1885-1971
Editor of "Science."
Baltimore, David
President.
Barker, George F. (George Frederick), 1835-1910
President.
Barnard, Frederick A. P. (Frederick Augustus Porter), 1809-1889
President and helped revive the society after the Civil War.
Beadle, George Wells, 1903-1989
President.
Benjamin, Marcus, 1857-1932
President.
Bessey, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), 1845-1915
President.
Bevan, William, 1922-
Executive Officer.
Birkhoff, George David, 1884-1944
President.
Blakeslee, Albert Francis, 1874-1954
President.
Bloom, Floyd E.
Editor of "Science" and President.
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
President.
Bogorad, Lawrence, 1921-2003
President.
Boulding, Kenneth E. (Kenneth Ewart), 1910-1993
President.
Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950
President.
Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899
President.
Brode, Wallace R. (Wallace Reed), 1900-1974
President.
Bromley, D. Allan (David Allan), 1926-2005
President.
Bronk, Detlev W. (Detlev Wulf), 1897-1975
President.
Brush, George Jarvis, 1831-1912
President.
Burbidge, E. Margaret
President.
Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938
President.
Cannon, Walter B. (Walter Bradford), 1871-1945
President.
Carey, William D.
Executive Officer.
Carlson, Anton J. (Anton Julius), 1875-1956
President.
Caswell, Alexis, 1799-1877
President.
Cattell, Jacques
Editor of "Science."
Cattell, James McKeen, 1860-1944
Given ownership of "Science" in 1894. He worked out an agreement with the society, turned it into a premier scientific journal and edited it for 50 years and President.
Cattell, Josephine Owen
Editor of "Science."
Chamberlin, Thomas C. (Thomas Chowder), 1843-1928
President.
Chauvenet, William, 1820-1870
President.
Clark, Eloise Elizabeth, 1931-
President.
Colwell, Rita R., 1934-
President.
Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962
President.
Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954
President.
Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978
President.
Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974
President.
Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952
President.
Cope, E. D. (Edward Drinker), 1840-1897
President.
Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928
President.
Daddario, Emilio Q. (Emilio Quincy), 1918-2010
President.
Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895
Founding member and President.
President.
Dawson, John William, Sir, 1820-1899
President.
President.
DuShane, Graham, 1910-1963
Editor of "Science."
Eisenhart, Luther Pfahler, 1876-1965
Chair, Section A (Mathematics) and Vice-President.
Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926
President.
President.
Eyring, Henry, 1919-1982
President.
Farlow, W. G. (William Gilson), 1844-1919
President.
Federoff, Nina V.
President.
Flexner, Simon, 1863-1946
President.
Foster, J. W. (John Wells), 1815-1873
President.
Chair, Section on Physics.
Vice-President and Chair, Section on Physics.
Member, Committee on Opportunities in Science and Fellow.
Member, Board of Directors.
Gibbs, Wolcott, 1822-1908
Founding member and President.
Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918
President.
Gill, Theodore, 1837-1914
President.
Glass, Bentley, 1906-2005
Editor of "Science" and President.
Good, Mary L., 1931-
President.
Goodale, George L. (George Lincoln), 1839-1923
President.
Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824-1896
Founding member and President.
Gould, Laurence McKinley, 1896-1995
President.
Gould, Stephen Jay
President.
Gray, Asa, 1810-1888
President.
Greenwood, M. R. C.
President.
Gross, Paul M.
President.
Hall, Asaph, 1829-1907
President.
Hall, James, 1811-1898
President.
Hamburg, David A., 1925-
President.
Harkness, William, 1837-1903
President.
Harrison, Anna J.
President.
Chair, Physics Section.
Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
Founding member and President.
Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus), 1825-1891
President.
Hodges, N. D. C. (Nathaniel Dana Carlile), 1852-1927
Editor of "Science."
President.
Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950
Executive Officer and President.
Huang, Alice S.
President.
Hunt, Thomas Sterry, 1826-1892
President.
President.
Chair, Mathematics Section.
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931
President.
Kennedy, Donald, 1931-
Editor of "Science."
Kettering, Charles Franklin, 1876-1958.
President.
Klopsteg, Paul E. (Paul Ernest), 1889-
President.
Koshland, Daniel
Editor of "Science."
President.
Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906
President.
President.
Lea, Isaac, 1792-1886
President.
Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978
President.
LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883
President.
LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901
President.
President.
Leshner, Alan I., 1944-
Executive Officer.
Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903
President.
Livingston, Burton E. (Burton Edward), 1875-1948
Executive Officer.
Lovering, Joseph, 1813-1892
Two terms as Executive Officer and President.
Lubchenco, Jane
President.
Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899
President.
President.
Mather, Kirtley F. (Kirtley Fletcher), 1888-1978
President.
McCarthy, James J.
President.
McElroy, William David, 1917-
President.
McGee, W. J., 1853-1912
President.
McMurrich, J. Playfair (James Playfair), 1859-1939
President.
McNutt, Marcia Kemper, 1952-
Editor of "Science."
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978
President.
Mendenhall, Thomas C. (Thomas Corwin), 1841-1924
President.
Meyerhoff, Howard A. (Howard Augustus), 1899-
Editor of "Science" and Executive Officer.
Michels, John (Journalist)
Editor of "Science."
Michelson, Albert A. (Albert Abraham), 1852-1931
President.
Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953
President.
Minot, Charles Sedgwick, 1852-1914
President.
Mitchell, Wesley C. (Wesley Clair), 1874-1948
President.
Moore, Eliakim Hastings, 1862-1932
President.
Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881
President.
Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 1866-1945
President.
Morley, Edward Williams, 1838-1923
President.
Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925
President.
Mosteller, Frederick, 1916-2006
President.
Moulton, Forest Ray, 1872-1952
Executive Officer.
Newberry, J. S. (John Strong), 1822-1892
President.
Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909
President.
Newton, H. A. (Hubert Anson), 1830-1896
President.
Nichols, E. L. (Edward Leamington), 1854-1937
President.
Nicholson, Richard S.
Executive Officer.
Noyes, Arthur A. (Arthur Amos), 1866-1936
President.
Omenn, Gilbert S.
President.
Orton, Edward, 1829-1899
President.
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935
President.
Park, Thomas, 1908-1968
President.
Pegram, George Braxton, 1876-1958
Vice President.
Peirce, Benjamin, 1809-1880
Founding member and President.
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919
President.
Piel, Gerard
President.
Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
President.
Prescott, A. B. (Albert Benjamin), 1832-1905
President.
Press, William H.
President.
Price, Don Krasher
President.
Pupin, Michael, 1858-1935
President.
Putnam, F. W. (Frederic Ward), 1839-1915
Two terms as Executive Officer and President.
Chair, Section B -- Physics.
Raven, Peter H.
President.
Redfield, W. C. (William C.), 1789-1857
First President.
Rees, Mina Spiegel, 1902-
President.
Remsen, Ira, 1846-1927
President.
Revelle, Roger, 1909-1991
President.
Richards, Theodore W. (Theodore William), 1868-1928
President.
Richardson, Robert C. (Robert Coleman), 1937-2013
Fellow and Member, Board of Directors.
Richmond, Geraldine (Geraldine L.), 1953-
Fellow; and Chair-Elect/Chair/Former Chair, Chemistry Section.
Richtmyer, F. K. (Floyd Karker), 1881-1939
Vice President, Section B.
President and Chair, Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility.
Roberts, Walter Orr
President.
Rogers, Henry D. (Henry Darwin), 1808-1866
Founding member.
Rogers, William Barton, 1804-1882
Founding member and President.
Roller, Duane E. (Duane Emerson), 1894-1965
Editor of "Science."
Romer, Alfred Sherwood, 1894-1973
President.
Roos, Charles Frederick, 1901-1958
Executive Officer.
President.
Russell, Henry Norris, 1877-1957
President.
Member, Council; Chair, Section B (Physics); and Fellow.
Scudder, Samuel Hubbard, 1837-1911
Editor of "Science."
Seaborg, Glenn T. (Glenn Theodore), 1912-1999
President.
Sears, Paul B. (Paul Bigelow), 1891-1990
President.
Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972
President.
Sharp, Phillip A.
President.
Sinnott, Edmund W. (Edmund Ware), 1888-1958
President.
Smith, J. Lawrence (John Lawrence), 1818-1883
President.
Snyder, Laurence H. (Laurence Hasbrouck), 1901-1986
President.
Spilhaus, Athelstan
President.
Stakman, E. C. (Elvin Charles), 1885-1979
President.
Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee), 1874-1949
President.
Torrey, John, 1796-1873
President.
Trivelpiece, Alvin W., 1931-
Executive Officer.
Valentine, Willard Lee, 1904-1947
Editor of "Science."
Van Hise, Charles Richard, 1857-1918
President.
Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927
President.
Ward, Henry B.
Executive Officer.
Waterman, Alan Tower, 1892-1967
President.
Weaver, Warren, 1894-1978
President.
Welch, William Henry, 1850-1934
President.
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008
Member, Board of Directors.
Widnall, S. E. (Sheila E.)
President.
Wilson, Edmund B. (Edmund Beecher), 1856-1939
President.
Wolfle, Dael, 1906-2002
Executive Officer.
Woodward, C. M. (Calvin Milton), 1837-1914
President.
Woodward, Robert Simpson, 1849-1924
President.
Wright, Carroll D. (Carroll Davidson), 1840-1909
President.
Wyman, Jeffries, 1814-1874
President.
Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908
President.
Associates & Members
Anderson, A. G. (Arthur George), 1926-
Awarded 2006 Newcomb Cleveland Prize.
Fellow.
Bennett, Charles L. (Charles Leonard), 1956-
Benton, George Stock, 1917-
Fellow.
Bird, R. Byron (Robert Byron), 1924-
Fellow.
Birge, Raymond T. (Raymond Thayer), 1887-
Bollinger, Lowell M. (Lowell Moyer)
Borras, Catherine
Brattain, Walter H. (Walter Houser), 1902-1987
1993 Philip Hauge Abelson Prize Recipient.
Brown, F. C. (Fay Cluff), 1881-
Buchta, J. W. (J. William), 1895-1966
Bugher, John C.
Byer, R. L. (Robert L.), 1942-
Fellow.
Carmichael, Leonard, 1898-1973
Fellow.
Cooper, Leon N. (Leon Neil), 1930-
Made his first appearance before a U.S. scientific association at the 1934 meeting.
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
Member.
Franklin, Deborah, 1957-
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
Golden, William T., 1909-2007
Gordon, Bonnie Bilyeu
Gordon, William Edwin, 1918-
2006 Newcomb Cleveland Prize Recipient.
Fellow.
Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938
Herring, William Conyers, 1914-
Fellow.
Fellow.
Fellow.
Kranzberg, Melvin
Kulstad, Ruth, 1934-
Fellow.
Loeb, Leonard B. (Leonard Benedict), 1891-
Fellow.
Fellow.
Marcus, Rudolph A. (Rudolph Arthur), 1923-
Member.
McCuskey, S. W. (Sidney Wilcox)
Menard, Henry W. (Henry William), 1920-1986
Miller, Dayton Clarence, 1866-1941
Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889
First woman member in 1850.
Morris, Margaretta Hare, 1797-1867
Member.
Fellow.
Nussbaum, Hans
Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann), 1919-2007
Fellow.
Phelps, Lincoln, Mrs., 1793-1884
Member.
Poskanzer, A. M. (Arthur M.), 1931-
Fellow.
Ratchford, J. Thomas
Fellow.
Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999
Schiff, Leonard I. (Leonard Isaac), 1915-1971
Schmidt and the High-z Supernova Search Team's discovery was named Breakthrough of the Year by Science Magazine (1998).
Scribner, Richard A.
Shapiro, Irwin I.
Shaw, A. Norman
Silliman, Benjamin, 1816-1885
Founding Member.
Awarded the AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize (2001).
Fellow.
Taylor, Raymond L. (Raymond Leech), 1901-
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
Member.
Fellow.
Fellow.
Tsui, D. C. (Daniel Chee), 1939-
Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899-1980
Member.
White, Marge
Wiener, Norbert, 1894-1964
Fellow.
Fellow.
Institutions
Institutional Hierarchy
Association of American Geologists
Established in 1840. Name used from 1840 to 1842.
Association of American Geologists and Naturalists
Name used from 1842-1848.
Collaborators
American Association of Physics Teachers
Held joint meetings with them and used their meeting as the place to form the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
Have held joint meetings.
American Bar Association
Co-sponsored the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists (NCLS).
Have held joint meetings.
Asociación Interciencia
Served as executive secretariat (1975-1993).
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Co-sponsored conference evaluating President Carter's National Energy Plan.
Mitre Corporation
Co-sponsored conference evaluating President Carter's National Energy Plan.
First meeting sponsored by American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS).
Associates
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Location of the first meeting to found the society.
Alabama Academy of Science
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
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AAAS Board of Directors and Council records.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1202 New York Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20005, USA
AAAS Climate Program records, 1971-1990.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1202 New York Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20005, USA
AAAS Committee on Arid Lands records, 1972-1989.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1201 New York Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20005, USA
AAAS Committee on Industry, Technology, and Science records.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1208 New York Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20005, USA
AAAS Committee on Science in the Promotion of Human Welfare Records.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1209 New York Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20005, USA
AAAS Cultural Factors in Population Programs records, 1973-1985.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1203 New York Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20005, USA
AAAS Population, Resources, and Environment Program records, 1974-1989.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1204 New York Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20005, USA
AAAS Regional Science Centers Program records.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1210 New York Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20005, USA
AAAS Science, Arms Control and National Security records, 1981-1991.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1200 New York Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20005, USA
AAAS Science, Technology, and Development records, 1978-1987.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1206 New York Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20005, USA
AIP Joint Publishing Projects miscellaneous publications, 1959-1997.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
American Association for the Advancement of Science membership and meetings records, 1848-2005.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1207 New York Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20005, USA
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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A. Norman Shaw papers, 1921-1939.
University Archives
University of Toronto
120 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A5, Canada
Alabama Academy of Science records, 1923-1991.
Ralph B. Draughon Library, Department of Archives
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849, USA
Alan Tower Waterman papers, 1918-1967 (bulk 1940-1963).
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Library of Congress
James Madison Memorial Building, First Street and Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA
American Geophysical Union records, 1919-1965.
National Academy of Sciences
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
1200 New York Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20005, USA
Catherine Borras files, 1937-1986.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1202 New York Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20005, USA
Dayton C. Miller papers, 1887-1939.
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Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106-7229, USA
Deborah Franklin files, 1981-1985.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1200 New York Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20005, USA
Edward Condon papers, circa 1920-1974.
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American Philosophical Society
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Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of American History
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
1201 New York Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20005, USA
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory records of Leon M. Lederman, 1962-[ongoing].
Milton G. White History of Accelerators Room (WH-3SE) and Archives (WH-16NE)
Fermilab
PO Box 500, Batavia, IL 90510, USA
George Ellery Hale papers [microform], 1882-1938.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
George S. Benton papers, 1950-1989.
Special Collections, Milton S. Eisenhower Library
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Hans Nussbaum files, 1917-1988.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1205 New York Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20005, USA
Henry N. Russell correspondence [microform], 1890-1950.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Henry William Menard papers, 1938-1986 (bulk 1960-1986).
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Mail Code C-075-C. La Jolla, CA 92093-0175, USA
Irwin I. Shapiro papers, circa 1960-1990.
Smithsonian Institution. Archives.
Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507, 600 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20024-2520, USA
J. Thomas Ratchford files, 1972-1988.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1206 New York Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20005, USA
J. W. Buchta papers, 1924-1966.
University Archives
University of Minnesota
Andersen Library, Minneapolis, MN, USA
James McKeen Cattell papers, 1835-1948 (bulk 1896-1948).
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Library of Congress
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John C. Bugher papers, 1926-1966 (bulk 1950-1966).
Rockefeller Archive Center
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Joseph Henry papers, 1808-1903.
Smithsonian Institution. Archives.
Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507, 600 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20024-2520, USA
Leonard Carmichael papers, circa 1917-1973.
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American Philosophical Society
105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Lewis Reeves Gibbes papers, 1793-1894 (bulk 1838-1894).
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Library of Congress
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
1203 New York Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20005, USA
Melvin Kranzberg papers, 1934-1988.
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Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of American History
MRC 601, 12th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20560, USA
MIT Office of the President records, 1972-1990.
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
New Jersey Academy of Science records, 1951-1979.
Libraries. Special Collections and Archives
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
Norbert Wiener papers, 1898-1966.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Oral history interview with Harlow Shapley, 1966 June 8 and August 25.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Melba Newell Phillips, 1977 December 5.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Paul E. Klopsteg, 1970 March 31.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Warren M. Washington, 1998 October 28 and 29.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oregon Academy of Sciences records, 1943-1965.
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Oregon Historical Society
1230 S.W. Park Avenue Portland, OR 97205, USA
Paul E. Klopsteg papers, 1905-1991.
University Archives
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60201, USA
Philadelphia local committee records, 1883-1898.
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Library, 19th Street and the Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Raymond Thayer Birge papers, 1909-1969.
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720-6000, USA
Roger Adams papers, 1900-1971.
University Archives
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Ruth Kulstad files, 1978-1985.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Sidney W. McCuskey papers, 1934-1975.
Archives
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106-7229, USA
The development of astrophysics as a research field in the 20th century: paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's George Ellery Hale Centennial Symposium, Dallas, 1968.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters records, 1908-[ongoing].
Utah State Historical Society
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
William B. Rogers papers, 1804-1911.
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1200 New York Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20005, USA
William E. Gordon papers, 1947-1994.
Fondren Library. Woodson Research Center.
Rice University
P. O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77001, USA
William T. Golden papers, 1946-2007.
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Columbia University
Butler Library, 6th Floor East, New York, NY 10027, USA
Wolfgang Panofsky papers, 1934-2007.
National Accelerator Laboratory. Archives and History Office
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
2575 Sand Hill Road, MS 97, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
Published Resources
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AAAS report XXVIII : research and development, FY 2004 / Intersociety Working Group
AAAS science and technology policy yearbook
The sciences in the American context : new perspectives / edited by Nathan Reingold