Hafstad, Lawrence, 1904-....

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Physicist and government official. Died 1993.

From the description of Papers, 1940-1963. (American Institute of Physics). WorldCat record id: 154306478

Physicist and government official; b. Lawrence Randolph Hafstad.

From the description of Papers, 1940-1963. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70959679

Lawrence Randolph Hafstad (1904-1993). Physicist and government official. B.S. from Minnesota (1926) and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins (1933). Hafstad worked as a research scientist at Carnegie Institution of Washington (1928-1941); on a scientific team at the Applied Physics Lab at Johns Hopkins (during World War II). Hafstad was also the Executive Secretary of the Joint Research Development Board, Office of Defense, of the Secretary of the Navy (1947-1949); Director of Reactor Development, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (1949-1955); Director of Atomic Energy Division, Chase Manhattan Bank (1955); and Vice President of General Motors Corporation in charge of research laboratories (1955-1969).

From the description of Papers, 1939-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79918241

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creatorOf Hafstad, Lawrence, 1904-. Papers, 1940-1963. Harry S. Truman Library
referencedIn Tuve, Merle Antony, 1901-1982. Oral history interview with Merle Antony Tuve, 1967 March 30. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Merle Antony Tuve Papers, 1901-1982, (bulk 1941-1966) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Alpher, Ralph. Oral history interview with Ralph Alpher and a joint interview with Robert Herman, 1983 August 11 and 12. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Tuve, Merle Antony, 1901-1982. Oral history interview with Merle Antony Tuve, 1982 January 13 and 5 February. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Hafstad, Lawrence, 1904-. Papers, 1940-1963. American Institute of Physics
referencedIn [General Motors Corporation : historical materials]. Folder 87-4.19-5. Kettering University
creatorOf Hafstad, Lawrence, 1904-. Papers, 1939-1976. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
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