Guyford Stever

Guyford Stever
1st Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
In office
August 9, 1976 – January 20, 1977
PresidentGerald Ford
Preceded byEd David (Science and Technology, 1973)
Succeeded byFrank Press
4th Director of the National Science Foundation
In office
1972–1976
PresidentRichard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Preceded byWilliam D. McElroy
Succeeded byRichard C. Atkinson
5th President of Carnegie Mellon University
In office
1965–1972
Preceded byJohn Warner
Succeeded byRichard Cyert
Personal details
Born
Horton Guyford Stever

(1916-10-24)October 24, 1916
Corning, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 9, 2010(2010-04-09) (aged 93)
Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.
EducationColgate University (BS)
California Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis1. The discharge mechanism of Geiger counters. 2. The mean lifetime of the mesotron from electroscope data (1941)
Doctoral advisorVictor Neher

Horton Guyford Stever (October 24, 1916 – April 9, 2010) was an American administrator, physicist, educator, and engineer. He was a director of the National Science Foundation (from February 1972 to August 1976).[1]