Lilienthal, David Eli, 1899-1981

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1889
Death 1981
Birth 1899
Death 1981
Birth 1899-07-08
Death 1981-01-13
Gender:
Male
Americans,
English

Biographical notes:

David Eli Lilienthal (July 8, 1899 – January 15, 1981) was an American attorney and public administrator, best known for his Presidential Appointment to head Tennessee Valley Authority and later the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). He had practiced public utility law and led the Wisconsin Public Utilities Commission.

Later he was co-author with Dean Acheson (later Secretary of State) of the 1946 Report on the International Control of Atomic Energy, which outlined possible methods for international control of nuclear weapons. As chair of the AEC, he was one of the pioneers in civilian management of nuclear power resources.

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Subjects:

  • Big business
  • Chemical industry
  • Dams
  • Economic development projects
  • Flood control
  • Flood dams and reservoirs
  • Industries
  • Mineral industries
  • Natural resources
  • Nuclear energy
  • Nuclear power
  • Nuclear power industry
  • Power resources
  • Public utilities
  • Railroads and state
  • Regional planning
  • Rural development
  • Rural electrification
  • Water resources development
  • World War, 1939-1945

Occupations:

  • Lawyers
  • Public officers

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • Developing countries (as recorded)
  • Wisconsin (as recorded)
  • Iran--Khuzestan (as recorded)
  • Iran (as recorded)
  • Khuzestan (Iran) (as recorded)
  • Tennessee (as recorded)
  • IL, US
  • NY, US

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