Letter, Jewett to Conant, 7/17/41.

United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. S-1 Files. Bush - Conant File.

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United States. National Academy of Sciences

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Jewett, Frank B. (Frank Baldwin), 1879-1949

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Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978

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James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) was a chemist, educator and public servant. Conant taught chemistry at Harvard from 1917-1933; he served as Harvard's president from 1933-1953. He was the national director of defense research from 1941-1945, and was instrumental in the creation of the atomic bomb. He continued as President of Harvard until 1953, at which time he was made United States High Commissioner for Germany. When allied military occupation of Germany ended in 1955, Conant became the U.S. A...