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U.S. national academies  

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  • The National Academies are a conglomerate of four nonprofit honorary societies of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research and dedicated to the advancement of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. The first of those institutions was the National Academy of Sciences, established by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. [Source: Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication; National Academies, U.S.]

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