Background
Kidd, Charles Vincent was born on January 22, 1914 in Paulsboro, New Jersey, United States. Son of Walter Stephen and Nettie (Sparks) Kidd.
Kidd, Charles Vincent was born on January 22, 1914 in Paulsboro, New Jersey, United States. Son of Walter Stephen and Nettie (Sparks) Kidd.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1935; Master of Arts Princeton University, 1937; D. Public Adminstrn, Harvard University, 1957.
Economist, War Manpower Commission Economist, Office War Mobilization and Reconversion Economist, Council Economics Advisers, 1944-1946; executive secretary, President's Science Research Board, 1947; chief research planning, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1948-1960; associate director, National Institutes of Health, 1960-1964; executive secretary federal council science and technical, Office Science and Technology, 1964-1969; executive secretary, Association American Universities, 1969-1977; research professor public policy, George Washington University, 1978-1984; program director, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1984-1989. Consultant Pan-American Health Organisation, 1964-1974, World Health Organization, 1958-1968, Ford Foundation, 1960-1973, United Nations, 1969-1973, State Department, 1970-1975, National Science Foundation, 1972-1980, NAS, 1979-1985.
Member United States delegate to United Nations Conference Science and Technology, 1964. Member to United Nations Educational Conference Science Policy, Karlovy Vary, 1966, to Organization of American States Conference Education, Science and Culture, Maracay, 1968. Head United States delegation to Castasia Conference, New Delhi, 1967.
Member Milbank Commission for Study Higher Education for Public Health, 1973-1976, United States-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Joint Group Experts in Field of Science Policy, 1974-1977, Science Manpower Commission, 1975-1978, Commission Human Resources, National Academy of Sciences, 1975-1978. Advisory committee Woodrow Wilson School Princeton, 1965-1967. Served as lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Princeton Club (Washington), Cosmos Club.
Married Blanche Facer Hoover, August 27, 1938. Children: David, Stephen.