Talk:Presidents of the National Academy of Sciences

I agree. It is obviously a subset of it.  

I also agree and for the same obvious reason as stated above.--Maury

Oh!, how the two cohorts listed below must have been jubilant over "President Lincoln's _decision_ (but not his _idea_). They felt themselves to be better than the non-university scientists of their time in all areas of science regardless that there were non-university high achievers -- higher than them without the university education. They felt they should lead the nation in scientific works and a university education was a "must" -- especially since they were educated in a university as were others they surrounded themselves with. But Professor Joseph Henry argued with others (inc. S.F.B. Morse) too much. Joseph Henry also did the unthinkable for the Lazzaroni of his day and broke away from Darwin's ideas.


 * (1) Alexander Dallas Bache (1863-1867)
 * (2) Joseph Henry (1868-1878)

--MAURY 03:41, 15 April 2006 (UTC)