The United States Metric Board was a United States government agency set up to encourage metrication

Metrication

Metrication refers to the introduction and use of the SI metric system, the international standard for physical measurements. This has involved a long process of independent and systematic conversions of countries from various local systems of weights and measures. Metrication began in France in...

. It existed from 1975 to 1982, ending when President Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

 abolished it, largely on the recommendation of Frank Mankiewicz

Frank Mankiewicz

Frank Fabian Mankiewicz II is an American journalist.-Biography:He grew up in Beverly Hills, California. His father, screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, co-wrote Citizen Kane, and his uncle, Joseph Mankiewicz, directed such films as All About Eve and Cleopatra.Mankiewicz received a B.A...

 and Lyn Nofziger

Lyn Nofziger

Franklyn Curran "Lyn" Nofziger was an American journalist, political consultant and author. He served as press secretary in Ronald Reagan's administration as Governor of California, and as a White House advisor during the Richard Nixon administration and again during the Reagan...

. Overall, it made little impact on implementing the metric system in the United States

Metrication in the United States

Metrication is the process of introducing the International System of Units , a metric system of measurement, to replace the historical or customary units of measurement of a country or region...

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External links

• History of the US Metric Board

According to the "Important Note" in the pamphlet "Going Metric: Is it for you?" published in June 1982 by the United States Metric Board, the board was not set up to 'encourage' metrication: 'Congress established the Board to plan and coordinate the voluntary increasing use of the metric system. It is not, however, the role of the board to promote metric usage. The Board is an independent Federal agency responsible for conducting public information and education programs and appropriate research, coordination and planning activities. Metric Conversion in this country is voluntary."