Oral history interview with Herbert F. York, 1980 September 24.

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Oral history interview with Herbert F. York, 1980 September 24.

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Effect of Sputnik on Navy research and development, position as Chief Scientist of the Advanced Research Projects Agency, and selection to be the first Director for Defense Research and Engineering (DDR & E). Origins of DDR & E, its relationship with the services, and the uniformed Navy's success in keeping R & D projects under control. DDR & E's contacts with high level government officials, major trends and problems encountered as DDR & E, management style. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara's effect on centralization of the armed forces, DDR & E and the general growth of bureaucracy, reasons for leaving DDR & E. Effect of increased R & D on the escalation of the arms race and trends in technology.

Transcript, 40 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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