Guyford Stever | |
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| 1st Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy | |
| In office August 9, 1976 – January 20, 1977 | |
| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Ed David (Science and Technology, 1973) |
| Succeeded by | Frank Press |
| 4th Director of the National Science Foundation | |
| In office 1972–1976 | |
| President | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | William D. McElroy |
| Succeeded by | Richard C. Atkinson |
| 5th President of Carnegie Mellon University | |
| In office 1965–1972 | |
| Preceded by | John Warner |
| Succeeded by | Richard Cyert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Horton Guyford Stever October 24, 1916 Corning, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 9, 2010 (aged 93) Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S. |
| Education | Colgate University (BS) California Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | 1. The discharge mechanism of Geiger counters. 2. The mean lifetime of the mesotron from electroscope data (1941) |
| Doctoral advisor | Victor 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]