"Joseph Sweetman Ames (July 3, 1864 \u2013 June 24, 1943) was a physicist, professor at Johns Hopkins University, provost of the university from 1926 until 1929, and university president from 1929 until 1935. He is best remembered as one of the founding members of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA, the predecessor of NASA) and its longtime chairman (1919\u20131939). NASA Ames Research Center is named after him."@en . "1943-06-24Z"^^ . "1864Z"^^ . . "Joseph Sweetman Ames"@en . . . "1943Z"^^ . "1864-07-03Z"^^ . . . "Ames, Joseph Sweetman"@en . "University president" . . . .