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Executive Order 11502—Enlarging the Membership of the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science

December 22, 1969

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, Executive Order No. 11287 of June 28, 1966, entitled "Award and presentation of the National Medal of Science," is hereby amended as follows:

(1) By substituting for the words "one ex officio member" in subsection (a) of section 2 the following: "two ex officio members".

(2) By substituting for subsection (c) of section 2 the following:

"(c) The following shall be ex officio members of the Committee:

"(1) The President's Science Adviser.

"(2) The President of the National Academy of Sciences."

RICHARD NIXON

The White House

December 22, 1969

NOTE: Executive Order 11502 was not issued in the form of a White House press release.

Richard Nixon, Executive Order 11502—Enlarging the Membership of the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/306040

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