Benjamin Huberman

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Benjamin Huberman
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
Acting
In office
March 5, 1981 – August 1981
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byFrank Press
Succeeded byGeorge A. Keyworth II
Personal details
Born1938 (age 85–86)
Cuba
EducationColumbia University (BA, BS)
Imperial College London

Benjamin Huberman (born 1938) is an American science advisor who formerly served as the acting director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and acting Science Advisor to the President under President Ronald Reagan.[1]

Biography[edit]

Huberman was born in Cuba in 1938.[2] He received his A.B. and B.S. degrees from Columbia University in 1959 and 1960, respectively, as well as a diploma from Imperial College London, which he attended as a Fulbright scholar.[3]

Huberman served on the U.S. National Security Council as Deputy Director for Program Analysis under President Jimmy Carter.[4] He was also the Director of Policy and Evaluation for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 1975 to 1977, where he was credited for designing the seal of the commission in early 1975.[5][6][7]

In 1978, he accompanied Zbigniew Brzezinski on his first trip to China.[8]

Huberman served as the Deputy Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy from 1978 to 1981 and Deputy Science Advisor to Ronald Reagan in 1981.[9] He was appointed acting director of OSTP on March 5, 1981.[10][11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Previous Science Advisors". The White House. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  2. ^ United States Congress House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies (1982). Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Certain Independent Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1982: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, on H.R. 4034 ... U.S. Government Printing Office.
  3. ^ United States Congress Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (2000). Department of Energy Counterintelligence, Intelligence, and Nuclear Security Reorganization: Hearing Before the Select Committee on Intelligence of the United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session ... June 9, 1999. U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-16-060994-7.
  4. ^ "NSC Staff and Organization, 1977-81 - Research - The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum". www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  5. ^ "United States: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Decision on the Request for a License to Export Major Components of a Nuclear Powerplant to Spain". International Legal Materials. 15 (5): 1029–1037. 1976. doi:10.1017/S0020782900034653. ISSN 0020-7829. JSTOR 20691625. S2CID 248999108.
  6. ^ Moderator (2012-04-06). "Channeling da Vinci: The Competition to Create the NRC Seal". U.S. NRC Blog. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  7. ^ United States Congress Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies (1979). Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Certain Independent Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1980: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 4394. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  8. ^ "CHINA: Peeking at the Chinese Card". Time. 1978-05-22. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  9. ^ United States Congress House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (1989). Integrity of Bell Helicopter, Inc: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, July 13 and 14, 1988. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  10. ^ Richman, Barbara T. (1981). "OSTP gets acting director". EOS Transactions. 62 (13): 130. Bibcode:1981EOSTr..62..130R. doi:10.1029/EO062i013p00130-02.
  11. ^ Norman, Colin (1981-05-15). "Federal Science Policy Jobs Still Unfilled". Science. 212 (4496): 761. doi:10.1126/science.212.4496.761. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17752236.
Government offices
Preceded by Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
Acting

1981
Succeeded by