Oral history interview with Lewis McAdory Branscomb, 1986 April 7.

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Oral history interview with Lewis McAdory Branscomb, 1986 April 7.

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Status of unpublished papers. Awareness of science policy from undergraduate years at Duke University; joined JASON in the 1960s; left after Vietnam involvement for directorship of National Bureau of Standards. Impact of Pher science policy groups; creation and potential of JASON; projects relating to Vietnam war; summer studies and selection of projects; choice of members; JASON physics vs. academic physics; JASON's uniqueness. Also prominently mentioned are: William T. Golden, Paul Gross, and Robert LeLevier.

Sound recordings: 2 sound cassettes (ca. 1.0 hr.), 1 session.Transcript: 17 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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