President's Science Advisory Committee

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United States federal advisory body scientific advisory committee

The President's Science Advisory Committee was a group of leading scientists that advised the U.S. President on scientific and technological issues, particularly during the Cold War era.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Science Advisor to the President of the United States	1
Science Advisory Committee of the Office of Defense Mobilization	1
United States President's Science Advisory Committee	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal advisory body ⓘ scientific advisory committee ⓘ
advisedPresident	Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ John F. Kennedy ⓘ Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ Richard Nixon ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	PSAC ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
chairperson	Donald F. Hornig ⓘ George Kistiakowsky ⓘ surface form: George B. Kistiakowsky James R. Killian Jr. ⓘ Jerome Wiesner ⓘ surface form: Jerome B. Wiesner
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdUnder	Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
dissolved	1973 ⓘ
field	national security policy ⓘ science policy ⓘ technology policy ⓘ
focusArea	arms control ⓘ civilian research and development policy ⓘ missile defense ⓘ nuclear weapons policy ⓘ space policy ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Cold War ⓘ
inception	1957 ⓘ
influenced	creation of the Office of Science and Technology Policy ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainRole	advised the President of the United States on scientific issues ⓘ advised the President of the United States on technological issues ⓘ provided scientific advice on national security and defense ⓘ
member	Charles Hard Townes ⓘ surface form: Charles Townes Donald F. Hornig ⓘ Edward M. Purcell ⓘ George Kistiakowsky ⓘ surface form: George B. Kistiakowsky George F. Carrier ⓘ George K. Zipf ⓘ George W. Beadle ⓘ Hans Bethe ⓘ surface form: Hans A. Bethe Harvey Brooks ⓘ Herbert F. York NERFINISHED ⓘ I. I. Rabi ⓘ surface form: Isidor I. Rabi James A. Van Allen ⓘ Jerome Wiesner ⓘ surface form: Jerome B. Wiesner Lee A. DuBridge ⓘ Norman Ramsey ⓘ surface form: Norman F. Ramsey William O. Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableReport	1963 report "Use of Behavioral Sciences in Government" ⓘ 1965 report on the supersonic transport (SST) ⓘ report on the 1957 Sputnik crisis ⓘ
partOf	Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	abolished by President Richard Nixon ⓘ
replaced	Office of Science and Technology Policy ⓘ
replaces	President's Science Advisory Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Science Advisory Committee of the Office of Defense Mobilization

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Kistiakowsky → memberOf → President's Science Advisory Committee ⓘ

I. I. Rabi → memberOf → President's Science Advisory Committee ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States President's Science Advisory Committee

James R. Killian Jr. → memberOf → President's Science Advisory Committee ⓘ

Jerome Wiesner → memberOf → President's Science Advisory Committee ⓘ

Jerome Wiesner → positionHeld → President's Science Advisory Committee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Science Advisor to the President of the United States

President's Science Advisory Committee → replaces → President's Science Advisory Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Science Advisory Committee of the Office of Defense Mobilization