Guyford Stever

Guyford Stever
1st Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
In office August 9, 1976 – January 20, 1977
President	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Ed David (Science and Technology, 1973)
Succeeded by	Frank Press
4th Director of the National Science Foundation
In office 1972–1976
President	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
Preceded by	William D. McElroy
Succeeded by	Richard C. Atkinson
5th President of Carnegie Mellon University
In office 1965–1972
Preceded by	John Warner
Succeeded by	Richard Cyert
Personal details
Born	Horton Guyford Stever (1916-10-24)October 24, 1916 Corning, New York, U.S.
Died	April 9, 2010(2010-04-09) (aged 93) Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.
Education	Colgate University (BS) California Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis	1. The discharge mechanism of Geiger counters. 2. The mean lifetime of the mesotron from electroscope data (1941)
Doctoral advisor	Victor Neher

Horton Guyford Stever (October 24, 1916 – April 9, 2010) was an American administrator, physicist, educator, and engineer. He was a director of the National Science Foundation (from February 1972 to August 1976).^[1]