Washington Academy
of Sciences
COMING UP SEPT 16: CAPSCI 10 - A SEQUEL
Global Reef Expedition: Assessing Coral Reef Resilience
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The Washington Academy of Sciences Great Lecture Series: Dr. Michael Coble
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The Irvin Kay Memorial Fund for Science Education
Welcome to WAS. As we move toward our Second Centennial, we have begun
implementing a variety of new and enhanced programs -- with particular
emphasis on our unique role as umbrella organization for the Scientific
Societies in the Washington DC area.
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The Washington Academy of Sciences was incorporated in 1898 as an affiliation
of eight Washington D.C. area scientific societies. The formation of the
Academy culminated a decade of planning under the leadership of the Philosophical
Society of Washington. The founders included Alexander Graham Bell and
Samuel Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The purpose
of the new Academy was to encourage the advancement of science and "to
conduct, endow, or assist investigation in any department of science."
That purpose guided the Academy throughout its first100 years will continue
to be our guide through the coming century.
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