Membership in the SAA is open to all former and current NBS/NIST employees, Research Associates, Guest Researchers, and their spouses. The SAA publishes a quarterly newsletter and holds quarterly meetings, including an annual dinner meeting, in order for members to keep abreast of NIST and SAA programs and activities. At such meetings, prominent speakers discuss the issues important for NIST to remain a major player in measurement science, standards and industrial technology.
The SAA maintains the Gallery
of Distinguished Scientists, Engineers and Administrators, located along the
corridor adjacent to the Cafeteria, and annually proposes new candidates for
consideration by the NIST Director. The SAA played a significant role in preparations
for celebrating the NBS/NIST Centennial in 2001. Association members contributed
to the compilation of A Century of Excellence in Measurements, Standards, and
Technology 1901-2000 and to J. F. Schooley's Responding to National Needs: The
National Bureau of Standards Becomes the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, 1969-1993. The Schooley report is the third volume of the compendium
on NBS/NIST history that started with R. G. Cochran's Measures for Progress
and was followed by E. Passaglia's A Unique Institution: The History of NBS,
1950-1969. The SAA prepares and maintains written accounts of oral histories
and remembrances of NBS/NIST staff. It conducts a lecture series on institutional
history that culminates with an end-of-the-year NBS/NIST History Lecture. SAA
distributes a quarterly series of articles that consist of featured articles
highlighting outstanding events, such as acclaimed scientific accomplishments,
in the organization's history. At the meetings of the NIST Employees Orientation
program, SAA participates with a lecture presentation that focuses on "NBS/NIST
in the Public Eye", emphasizing the unique mission of the institution and
how it is perceived in the press and by the public.
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Last modified on: 11/14/05