Barry N. Taylor.The Board of Editors of the Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology, governmental agency within the U.S. Dept. of Commerce with the mission of "working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards" in the national interest. wishes to honor Dr. Barry N. Taylor for his leadership and commitment to excellence as Chief Editor. Manager of the Fundamental Constants Data Center of the NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. Physics Laboratory, Barry has decided that this Centennial Issue will be his final one as Chief Editor. Appointed to this position by the Director of NIST in 1988, Barry guided the Journal through the NBS/NIST transition and for the next 12 years. His extraordinary knowledge of measurement science, his penchant for technical accuracy and integrity, and his effective management skills have served to make the Journal the flagship publication of NIST. A renowned metrologist and physicist, Barry has for many years represented NIST and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. in many international scientific organizations. He is the author of several important publications on the modern metric system metric system, system of weights and measures planned in France and adopted there in 1799; it has since been adopted by most of the technologically developed countries of the world. and was co-author of a widely disseminated NIST publication for evaluating and expressing the uncertainty of measurement results. He also advises U.S. scientific and voluntary standards organizations A standards organization, also sometimes referred to as a standards body, a standards development organization or SDO (depending on what is being referenced), is any entity whose primary activities are developing, coordinating, promulgating, revising, amending, regarding United States policy on the metric system. In recognition of his scientific and technical achievements during 30 years of NIST service, Barry has received the Distinguished Executive 2000 Presidential Rank Award. This Centennial Issue is dedicated to Barry N. Taylor and the inestimable in·es·ti·ma·ble adj. 1. Impossible to estimate or compute: inestimable damage. See Synonyms at incalculable. 2. contributions he has made to this Journal, to NIST, and indeed, to the Nation. |
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