List of NSF Deputy Directors, 1950 - present
NSF Deputy Directors, Terms and Fields of Science
Deputy Director | Term |
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| Dr. C. E. Sunderlin | May, 1951 - May, 1957 |
Organic Chemistry | |
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| Dr. John T. Wilson | July, 1963 - July, 1968 | Psychology | |
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| Dr. John T. Wilson Executive Associate Director* |
July, 1968 - August, 1968 | Psychology | |
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| Dr. Louis Levin+ Executive Associate Director* |
August, 1968 - October, 1970 | Biochemistry | |
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| Dr. Raymond L. Bisplinghoff | October, 1970 - September, 1974 |
Aeronautical Engineering | |
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| Dr. Lowell J. Paige (Acting) |
September, 1974- June, 1975 | Mathematics | |
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| Dr. Richard C. Atkinson | June, 1975 - May, 1977 |
Psychology | |
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| Dr. Edward C. Creutz (Acting) |
August, 1976 - September, 1977 | Physics | |
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| Dr. George C. Pimentel | September, 1977 - June, 1980 |
Chemistry | |
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| Dr. Donald N. Langenberg | July, 1980 - December, 1982 |
Physics | |
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| Dr. Richard S. Nicholson (Acting) | January, 1983 - May, 1985 |
Chemistry | |
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| Dr. John H. Moore | June, 1985 - December, 1989 | Economics | |
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| Dr. John White (Acting) |
September, 1990 - March, 1991 |
Industrial Engineering | |
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| Dr. Frederick M. Bernthal | March, 1990 - April, 1993 |
Nuclear Chemistry/ Physics | |
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| Dr. Mary E. Clutter (Acting) |
April, 1993 - October, 1993 | Biology | |
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| Dr. Frederick M. Bernthal | October, 1993 - June, 1994 |
Nuclear Chemistry/ Physics | |
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| Dr. Mary E. Clutter (Acting) |
June, 1994 - July, 1994 | Biology | |
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| Dr. Anne C. Petersen | July, 1994 - September, 1996 |
Behavioral Science | |
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| Dr. Joseph Bordogna (Acting) | September, 1996 to June, 1999 |
Engineering | |
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| Dr. Joseph Bordogna | June, 1999 to June, 2005 |
Engineering | |
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| Dr. Kathie L. Olsen | August 2005 to January 2009 |
Biology (neuroscience) | |
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| Dr. Cora B. Marrett (Acting) |
January 2009 to January 2011 | Sociology | |
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Dr. Cora B. Marrett |
May 2011 to August 2014 | Sociology | |
*P.L. 90-407 amended the NSF Act to permit NSF to have a deputy director and four assistant directors appointed by the President. Until these appointments were made, the duties of the deputy director were discharged by an executive associate director.
+By presidential order, Dr. Louis Levin also served as Acting Director from July 1,1969 to July 14, 1969 (until Dr. William McElroy's swearing-in on July 14, 1969).