Midwestern Universities Research Association records 1953-1974

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

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This collection of transparencies was used by representatives of the Atomic Energy Commission (A.E.C.) during a presentation before the Alaska House State Affairs Committee, April 4, 1970, in Juneau. At the time of the presentation, the A.E.C. was planning a second underground nuclear test on Amchitka Island in 1971, code-named CANNIKIN. Testimony was heard from several groups against a second test as well as adverse testimony about the first test which took place in October, 1969 and was code n...

Midwestern Universities Research Association

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Midwestern physicists who had attended the dedication of the Cosmotron at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in the winter of 1952-1953 began discussing the need for a high energy research facility in the Midwest. In the spring of 1953, Professor Enrico Fermi addressed physicists from the Midwest at the Institute of Nuclear Studies in Chicago, giving his views. As a result, physicists from the Universities of Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin and Chicago formed an ad...

Argonne National Laboratory.

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Argonne National Laboratory is located at Argonne, Illinois, and is operated by the U.S. Department of Energy. The Laboratory is one of the nation's leading energy research centers. It develops and assesses nuclear and alternative energy technologies and conducts a wide range of fundamental and applied research in the physical, environmental, and biomedical sciences. Research disciplines range from biology, physics, chemistry, materials science, mathematics, and computer science to advanced ener...

Associated Midwest Universities

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Argonne Universities Association

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The Argonne Universityies Association was formed by universities to manage Argonne National laboratory (Lamont IL). From the description of Argonne Universities Association records, 1964-1973. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63286030 Associated Midwest Universities (formed 1958) grew out of Council of Participating Institutions, which was associated with Argonne National Laboratory; its successor, Argonne Universities Association, was formed in 19...

Williams, John H. (John Harry), 1908-

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John H. Williams, a resident of Tacoma, Wash., was an author and publisher of books dealing with the West. From the description of John H. Williams letters : to Nettie Williams, 1907-1918. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 62313942 ...

Strauss, Lewis L.

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Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss (1896-1974) was secretary to Herbert Hoover during World War I, 1917 to 1919. He was first a member of the Atomic Energy Commission from 1946 to 1950, then served as its Chairman from 1953 to 1958. In 1953, Strauss served as Special Assistant to the President on Atomic Energy, 1953, then as Secretary of Commerce (unconfirmed) from 1958 to 1959. From the description of Strauss, Lewis L. (Lewis Lichtenstein), 1896-1974 (U.S. National Archives and Records Admi...