Reader Response Angela Nugent ’76 AM, ’82 PhD

As a graduate student, I never imagined my work in the history of industrial toxicology would result in a 30-year career helping to design, implement, and provide science advice on national environmental programs. But studies with Anderson Hunter Dupree (Obituaries, April/May, 2020) prepared me for the unexpected. Dupree brought his broad knowledge of the history of science and technology to students, launching their research on an almost impossibly wide range of topics (history of medicine, public health, agriculture, naval science, creationism and evolution, textile manufacture, and water power). He viewed the history of science as integral to understanding the modern world. His path breaking book, Science in the Federal Government: A History of Policies and Activities, documented how science interrelated with and strengthened American democracy and government. It serves as a reminder of what is possible when science and government work together.