Table of Contents

• National Science Board
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• The 1950s
  • The Debate of 1945-1950
  • Activating the Board and Foundation
  • A Political Director?
  • A Science Advisor for the President, a Defense Role for NSF?
  • Setting the Terms for Academic Science
  • Defending Political Freedoms
  • The Dawn of Large Scale Science
  • Crisis and Opportunity
• The 1960s
  • Strengthening White House Science
  • Golden Age of Growth
  • More than an Advisory Board
  • Expansion into Engineering and Applied Research
• The 1970s
  • The Mansfield Amendment
  • Growth Stops and the Board Protests
  • A "Political" Director
  • Competing Priorities
  • The Board's Bestseller
  • Supporting the Director as Science Advisor
  • MACOS Tests the Board's Oversight
  • Steady State, Steady Strain
• The 1980s
  • Engineering Gets a Promotion
  • Peer Review Broadened
  • K-12 and Undergraduate Education
  • New Director Stresses Diversity
  • The Debate Over Centers
  • Controversial Projects
  • Revisiting the Poles
• The 1990s
  • Systemic Change
  • Beleaguered Industry
  • How to Measure Performance
  • The Frontier of Information Technology
  • A Vision for a National Role
  • Strategic Directions for Education, Scientific Freedom, and the Environment
  • 2000 and Beyond
• Former Members of the NSB
• Executive Secretaries/Officers

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