an official U.S. government portrait of Ernest Ambler
8th Director of the National Bureau of Standards
In office 1977–1989
President
Jimmy Carter
Preceded by
Richard W. Roberts
Succeeded by
John W. Lyons
Personal details
Born
(1923-11-20)November 20, 1923 Bradford, England, UK
Died
February 17, 2017(2017-02-17) (aged 93) Hilton Head, South Carolina, US
Citizenship
British
American
Spouse
Alice Virginia Seiler
Children
two sons
Alma mater
University of Oxford
Awards
President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service Order of Civil Merit (Korea)
Scientific career
Fields
Physics
Institutions
National Bureau of Standards
Ernest Ambler (November 20, 1923 – February 17, 2017[1]) was a British-American physicist who served as the Acting Under Secretary for Technology in the Department of Commerce (1988–89), as director of the United States' National Bureau of Standards (NBS, 1975–89), and as the first director of the United States' National Institute of Standards and Technology 1988–89.
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ErnestAmbler (November 20, 1923 – February 17, 2017) was a British-American physicist who served as the Acting Under Secretary for Technology in the...
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Global Information
President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service
Order of Civil Merit (Korea)