NATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION District of Columbia Chapter The Washington, DC Chapter of the National Technical Association was established on August 15, 1960. The chapter address is: P. O. Box 70144 Washington, DC 20024
NTA DC Chapter Programs
The NTA DC Chapter meets the last Tuesday of each month, at Howard University (except holidays). Its members' locations include local Maryland and Virginia suburban areas, as well as the District of Columbia.
The NTA DC professional members include teachers and college professors, as well as scientists and engineers.
The NTA DC members also include students of middle school and high school levels, as well as college and university levels.
Among activities of our chapter, are annual Mathematics Contests for local middle school and high school students. Members also support educational activities by serving as science fair judges and in other educational support activities. The NTA DC Chapter also works together with the NTA Baltimore Chapter in special events which involve both chapters and/or NTA National events. We also work together in special events held by other organizations with similar objectives, especially ones dealing in education and public outreach.
We also provide support for some National NTA activities, such as its quarterly NTA Newsletter. NTA DC Chapter Officers President: George R. Carruthers Secretary: Lester Clemons Treasurer: Art J. Southerland
NTA DC Chapter Participates in National Inventors Hall of Fame 36th Annual Induction Ceremony
On May 2-3, 2008, the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) held its 36th Annual Induction Ceremony in Akron Ohio, to induct living and deceased Inventors into the NIHF. NTA member and past National President Lester Clemons, who serves on the NIHF Blue Ribbon Panel, was in attendance at the Induction Ceremony. The NIHF Board of Directors assigns the Blue Ribbon Panel the task of reviewing and evaluating a list of inventors and their inventions. The Panel then submits a selected list of inventor candidates to the Board for approval for induction into the NIHF.
During the 2003 NIHF Induction Ceremony, Dr. George R. Carruthers, the NTA National Editor and Washington DC Chapter President, was inducted into the NIHF. He was inducted for his invention of the Far Ultraviolet Electrographic Camera. (See: 2008 Inductees of the NIHF, 36th Edition, P-320, www.invent.org). The camera uses ultraviolet light to study the Earth’s upper atmosphere, stars, and gases in interstellar space. It is best known for its use in the Apollo 16 mission to the Moon in 1972.
In addition to Dr. Carruthers’ and Mr. Clemons’ association with the NIHF, Ms. Hattie Carwell, a longtime member of NTA, serves on the Board of Directors of the NIHF. Also, Mrs. Joyce Ward-Clarke, a member of the Washington, DC Chapter of NTA, is an employee of the NIHF.