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4 unusual facts about President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science


Hubert Anson Newton

He won the Smith gold medal from the National Academy of Sciences, was elected an associate of the Royal Astronomical Society of London, served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1885), and was foreign member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Laurence H. Snyder

He served terms as president of the Genetics Society of America, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and of

Lawrence Bogorad

Lawrence Bogorad (1921– 28 December 2003) was an American botanist, pioneer of photosynthesis research and President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Peter Lesley

In 1884 he was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.


Edward Leamington Nichols

He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences, was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907) and of the American Physical Society (1907–08), and served as a member of the visiting committee of the United States Bureau of Standards.


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