Science Advisor to the President

Cabinet-level Advisor to the President of United States

The Science Advisor to the President is a person in charged with advising the President of the United States with scientific and technology opinions and issues. The first Science Advisor, Vannevar Bush, chairman of the Office of Scientific Research and Development. The US Congress created the Office of Science and Technology Policy in 1976, usually making the director of that office the science advisor. In 2021, President Joe Biden made that position part of the Cabinet of the United States.[1][2]

List

NameAgencyPresidentTerm
Vannevar BushOSRDFranklin D. RooseveltJune 28, 1941 – December 31, 1947
Harry S. Truman
Oliver BuckleyPSACApril 20, 1951 – June 15, 1952
Lee DuBridge1952–1956
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Isidor Rabi1956–1957
James KillianNovember 7, 1957 – July 1959
George KistiakowskyJuly 1959 – January 20, 1961
Jerome WiesnerOSTJohn F. KennedyJanuary 20, 1961 – January 24, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
Donald HornigJanuary 24, 1964 – January 20, 1969
Lee DuBridgeRichard NixonJanuary 20, 1969 – August 31, 1970
Ed DavidAugust 31, 1970 – January 26, 1973
Guyford SteverOSTPGerald FordAugust 9, 1976 – January 20, 1977
Frank PressJimmy CarterJanuary 20, 1977 – February 1981
Benjamin Huberman (acting)Ronald ReaganFebruary 1981 – August 1981
Jay KeyworthAugust 1981 – December 1985
John McTague (acting)January 1986 – May 23, 1986
Richard Johnson (acting)May 24, 1986 – October 1, 1986
William GrahamOctober 2, 1986 – June 1989
Thomas Rona (acting)June 1989 – August 1989
William Wells (acting)George H. W. BushAugust 1989
Allan BromleyAugust 1989 – January 20, 1993
Jack GibbonsBill ClintonJanuary 20, 1993 – April 3, 1998
Kerri-Ann Jones (acting)April 4, 1998 – August 3, 1998
Neal LaneAugust 4, 1998 – January 20, 2001
Rosina Bierbaum (acting)George W. BushJanuary 21, 2001 – September 30, 2001
Clifford Gabriel (acting)October 1, 2001 – October 28, 2001
Jack MarburgerOctober 29, 2001 – January 20, 2009
Ted Wackler (acting)Barack ObamaJanuary 20, 2009 – March 19, 2009
John HoldrenMarch 19, 2009 – January 20, 2017
Ted Wackler (acting)Donald TrumpJanuary 20, 2017 – January 11, 2019
Kelvin DroegemeierJanuary 11, 2019 – January 15, 2021
Kei Koizumi (acting)Joe BidenJanuary 20, 2021 – June 2, 2021
Eric LanderJune 2, 2021 – February 18, 2022
Francis Collins (acting)February 18, 2022 – October 3, 2022
Arati PrabhakarSince October 3, 2022

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