Department of Defense News Release (Sept. 19, 2006): Defense Science Board celebrates 50 years.Sept. 20, 2006, marks the 50th anniversary of the first meeting of the Defense Science Board (DSB DSB Dispute Settlement Body (World Trade Organization) DSB Double Strand Break DSB Defense Science Board (US DoD) DSB Deep Sand Bed DSB Deutscher Sportbund ). The DSB was formed as a recommendation of the Second Hoover Commission Hoover Commission (1947–49, 1953–55) Advisory body headed by former Pres. Herbert Hoover to examine the organization of the U.S. executive branch. The first commission, officially titled the Commission on Organization of the U.S. task force on research, chaired by then Bell Labs President Mervin Joe Kelly Joe Kelly is a common name that can refer to different people:
The DSB was formally established with the approval of its first charter on Dec. 31, 1956, by then Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research and Development) Clifford Furnas. Initial membership was 25 experts in science and technology headed by the DSB Chairman, Howard P. Robertson of the California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. . The DSB has undergone several adjustments to its charter since 1956, but its primary function remains to advise senior Department of Defense leadership on matters relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc science, technology, research, engineering, manufacturing, the acquisition process, and other matters that are of special interest to the DoD. Membership today totals 42 individuals from industry and academia plus former DoD officials and retired flag officers. The current chairman is William Schneider Jr.; the vice chairman is Vincent Vitto. The DSB Web site at <http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb> provides access to reports, the latest DSB charter, and a detailed history of the DSB. |
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