10 Facts About Guyford Stever

Horton Guyford Stever was an American administrator, physicist, educator, and engineer.

Guyford Stever was a director of the National Science Foundation.

Guyford Stever graduated from Colgate University with an undergraduate degree in physics and then from California Institute of Technology in 1941 with a PhD in physics.

Guyford Stever joined the staff of the radiation lab at MIT.

Guyford Stever returned to MIT after the war, serving as associate dean of engineering there from 1956 to 1959 and then as a department head.

Guyford Stever served as the director of the National Science Foundation from 1972 until 1976.

Guyford Stever died at his home in Gaithersburg, Maryland on April 9,2010.

Guyford Stever was chairman or member of numerous advisory committees to the US government.

The NACA's Special Committee on Space Technology, called the "Guyford Stever Committee," was among the better-known of these.

In 1990 Guyford Stever chaired a Committee on Human Exploration of Space for the National Research Council.