Edward E. David Jr.

Born 1925

Science Advisor to President Richard Nixon and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology from 1970 to 1973. President of Exxon Research and Engineering Corporation, 1977-1985.

AAAS Presidential Address: Edward E. David, Jr., "Science Futures: The Industrial Connection," Science (2 March 1979) 203:837-840.

Disciplines: Electrical engineering, Physics

AAAS offices held:

• Chair, Council Affairs, 1977
• President, 1979
• Chair, Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, 1980 - 1981