David Lazarus papers, 1945-1987.

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established as an independent agency of the executive branch on October 1, 1958 by the National Aeronautics and Space Act (72 Stat. 426), approved July 29, 1958. It superseded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). NASA conducted redsearch on problems of flight, developed aeronautical and space vehicles, explored outer space, and participated in international programs for the peaceful development of space technology....

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for Advanced Computation

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Approved by the Board of Trustees on June 17, 1970, 1 and by the Illinois Board of Education on November 3, 1970, the Center was conceived to facilitate full utilization and exploitation of the potentials of the ILLIAC IV computer by acting as a liaison facility between computer technologists and experts in the physical, life, and social sciences. Construction of the ILLIAC IV was removed from this campus to California. The Center had access to computational resources including the ...

American physical society

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This professional society of educators, industrial and government research workers, and students of physics and related fields, was established in 1899 to promote the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics. It was a founding Member Society of the American Institute of Physics. The Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) Study was commissioned by the American Physical Society on November 20, 1983 to evaluate the status of the science and technology of DEW. A study group was formed by Novembe...

Gordon Research Conferences

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The Gordon Research Conferences have been in operation since 1947 as a non-profit organization that arranges and administers scientific conferences. The conferences are named in honor of Neil E. Gordon whose idea they were. Gordon himself held "forerunner" conferences both at Johns Hopkins University (where he was then teaching) and on Gibson Island, a private resort island in the Chesapeake Bay. This later series of conferences was held under the aegisis of the American Association for the Adva...

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Materials Research Laboratory.

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In June, 1962, the Materials Research Laboratory was established as an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary laboratory of the College of Engineering, 1 operated jointly by the Departments of Ceramic Engineering, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Geology, Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineering, and Physics. 2 Its purpose is to conduct a program of experimental and theoretical research on the mechanical, electrical, optical, and magnetic propertie...

General Electric Company

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Founded 1892. Corporate interests include: Broadcasting; Electric Components; Household Appliances; Lighting Equipment; Motors; Telecommunications; Electromedical Industry. From the description of Technical records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84865339 Founded 1892. From the description of General Electric Company in Camden, N.J., collection, 1878-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979711 Schenectady, NY. From the description of Electr...

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

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The National Academy of Sciences, founded in Washington, D. C., in 1863, grew out of a desire for a body of scientists to give advice on scientific matters to the federal government. Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian, was a force behind its creation. From the description of National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1887 Records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78403445 ...

Lazarus, David, 1921-

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Professor of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1951-1987). From the description of David Lazarus papers, 1945-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154306056 Professor of physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1951-1978). From the description of Oral history interview with David Lazarus, 1981 December 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81802998 ...

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Graduate College

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The first students to do graduate work enrolled in 1877, leading to the awarding of the first master's degree in 1878. 1 However, a graduate program was not set up until 1891. 2 The Graduate School was formally organized in 1907, after appropriation of funds by the Illinois General Assembly. 3 Its name was changed to the Graduate College in 1947, in anticipation of its new significance in the University organization. 4 In 1968, the Board of Trustees provided for separate Graduate Co...

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...

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dept. of Physics.

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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...