Some thoughts on science in the federal government…
APR 01, 1952
The following is an address given by Dr. Condon on September 25, 1951, less than one week before his resignation as director of the National Bureau of Standards became effective. His talk was prepared for delivery at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington.
DOI: 10.1063/1.3067572
As my nearly six years of service as Director of the National Bureau of Standards draw to a close, it seems that an important final part of that service would be to set down some over‐all views concerning the scientific work of the Federal Government growing out of that experience. Our governmental institutions are so close to us that I had some experience with them before entering Federal service full‐time, especially during World War II, and likewise I expect to have association with such matters in the future while in private employment.
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© 1952 American Institute of Physics
