Associated Universities, Inc.

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Associated Universities, Inc. was founded in 1946 as the interuniversity corporation to administer Brookhaven National Laboratory. Participating universities included Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, University of Rochester, and Yale. Their objective was to create a multidisciplinary research institution, a primary purpose of which would be to provide, with the financial support of the Federal Government, facilities for basic research in the nuclear and related sciences.

From the description of Brookhaven National Laboratory as the site for the 200 BeV accelerator, Volume II. 1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78729848

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referencedIn Herbert Friedman Papers, 1940-2000 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn History of physics institutional history collection A-K, [ca. 1883]-1989, (bulk 1960-1989). New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969. Papers, 1925-1969 (bulk: 1937-1969) Houghton Library
creatorOf Associated Universities, Inc. The founding of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1948. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Bok, Bart J. (Bart Jan), 1906-1983. Oral history interview with Bart Jan Bok, 1978 May 15 to 14 June. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Associated Universities, Inc. Brookhaven National Laboratory as the site for the 200 BeV accelerator, Volume II. 1966. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Leland J. Haworth Papers, 1944-1977, (bulk 1963-1969) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Edmondson, Frank K. (Frank Kelley), 1912-. Oral history interview with Frank K. Edmondson, 21 April 1977 and 2 February 1978. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Gaylord P. Harnwell Papers University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center
referencedIn Brookhaven National Laboratory. Office of the Director. Papers of Philip Morse and Leland Haworth [microform], 1946-1961. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
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associatedWith Bok, Bart J. (Bart Jan), 1906-1983. person
associatedWith Brookhaven National Laboratory. corporateBody
associatedWith Brookhaven National Laboratory. Office of the Director. corporateBody
associatedWith Edmondson, Frank K. (Frank Kelley), 1912- person
associatedWith Friedman, Herbert, 1916-2000 person
associatedWith Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969 person
associatedWith Harnwell, G. P. (Gaylord Probasco), 1903-1982. person
associatedWith Haworth, Leland J. (Leland John), 1904- person
associatedWith Niels Bohr Library. corporateBody
associatedWith U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. corporateBody
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Laboratories
Nuclear physics
Physical laboratories
Proton accelerators
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