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NIST Culture of Excellence Articles

SAA distributes to the NIST staff a periodic series of articles that highlight significant events from the history of NBS/NIST.

#1: Samuel W. Stratton: Beginning a Culture of Excellence

#2: Allen V. Astin: A Turning Point for the National Bureau of Standards

#3: NBS Moves West

#4: NBS Builds a Computer

#5: A Bicentennial Recognition of Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler, A Seminal Figure for Both NIST and NOAA

#6: "William F. Meggers, Dean of American Spectroscopists"

#7: "Harold C. Urey, Ferdinand G. Brickwedde, and the Discovery of Deuterium"

#8: "NBS Enters a Remarkable BiotechnologyVenture"

#9: "NBS Examines a Mouse and Opens a New Medical Specialty"


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