President's Special Committee to Study the Rubber Situation records, 1942.
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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...
Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965
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Baruch, a financier and public adviser, was a millionaire by the age of thirty thanks to his investments in the stock market. He put his wealth to use in politics and public affairs and became an adviser to Woodrow Wilson, who appointed him chairman of the War Industries Board and a member of the president's war council. After World War I, he took part in the postwar peace conference and later became an adviser to President Roosevelt on defense matters and industrial preparedness for war. After ...
United States. Special Committee to Study the Rubber Situation
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The Committee was created by Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 6, 1942, to report on the feasibility of artificially producing a rubber or rubber-like substance. Committee members included Bernard M. Baruch, Dr. Carl Compton, and Dr. James B. Conant. The report was submitted September 10, 1942. From the description of President's Special Committee to Study the Rubber Situation records, 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155525202 ...
Compton, Carl B.
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