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{{Short description|Cabinet-level Advisor to the President of United States}} | {{Short description|Cabinet-level Advisor to the President of United States}} | ||
The '''Science Advisor to the President''' is an individual charged with providing advisory opinions and analysis on science and technology matters to the [[President of the United States]]. The first Science Advisor, [[Vannevar Bush]], chairman of the [[Office of Scientific Research and Development]], served Presidents [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] and | The '''Science Advisor to the President''' is an individual charged with providing advisory opinions and analysis on science and technology matters to the [[President of the United States]]. The first Science Advisor, [[Vannevar Bush]], chairman of the [[Office of Scientific Research and Development]], served Presidents [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] and Harry S. Truman from 1941 to 1951. President Truman created the [[President's Science Advisory Committee]] in 1951, establishing the chairman of this committee as the President's Science Advisor. This committee continued under Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, [[John F. Kennedy]], Lyndon B. Johnson, and [[Richard M. Nixon]] until 1973. Nixon terminated the committee rather than appointing a replacement for his advisor who had resigned. The [[United States Congress|US Congress]] established the [[Office of Science and Technology Policy]] in 1976, re-establishing Presidential Science Advisors to the present day. | ||
The current advisor is [[Arati Prabhakar]], who has served as the 12th director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) since October 3, 2022.<ref>{{cite press release |author=Jeannie Baumann |title=Senate Confirms Prabhakar to Lead White House Science Office | The current advisor is [[Arati Prabhakar]], who has served as the 12th director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) since October 3, 2022.<ref>{{cite press release |author=Jeannie Baumann |title=Senate Confirms Prabhakar to Lead White House Science Office | ||
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===World War II=== | ===World War II=== | ||
{{Main|Office of Scientific Research and Development}} | {{Main|Office of Scientific Research and Development}} | ||
The OSTP evolved out of the ''Office of Scientific Research and Development'' created in 1941 during [[World War II]] by Roosevelt. [[Vannevar Bush]] chaired this office through Roosevelt's death in 1945, and continued under Roosevelt's successor | The OSTP evolved out of the ''Office of Scientific Research and Development'' created in 1941 during [[World War II]] by Roosevelt. [[Vannevar Bush]] chaired this office through Roosevelt's death in 1945, and continued under Roosevelt's successor Harry S. Truman until 1951. | ||
===PSAC=== | ===PSAC=== | ||
{{Main|President's Science Advisory Committee}} | {{Main|President's Science Advisory Committee}} | ||
After the war, President | After the war, President Harry S. Truman replaced the OSRD with the '''Science Advisory Committee''' in 1951. The office was moved to the [[White House]] on November 21, 1957, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to provide advice and recommendation in response to the [[Space Race]] started by the [[USSR]]'s launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, [[Sputnik 1]]. | ||
===OSTP=== | ===OSTP=== | ||