Oral history interview with Herbert F. York, 1986 February 7.

Morgenstern, Oskar, 1902-1977

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Economist, university professor, and author in Austria and U.S. Born Carl Friedrich Alfred Oskar Morgenstern in Germany. From the description of Papers, 1893-1987 (bulk 1917-1977). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 23857948 ...

DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994

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Lee DuBridge was President of the California Institute of Technology from 1946-1969. From the description of Space Research, 1958. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733095203 DuBridge was President of Caltech. From the description of No Shakeup in JPL Management Due, 1964 Feb. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733096493 From the description of Confirmation of Conditions for Relations...

Aaserud, Finn.

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Nierenberg, William Aaron, 1919-2000

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Died 2000. From the description of Oral history interview with William Aaron Nierenberg, 1986 February 6 to 30 June. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79005537 Physicist and oceanographer. Nierenberg received his B.S. from the City College of New York in 1939 and his M.A. and Ph. D. degrees in physics from Columbia in 1942 and 1947. He was a research scientist with the Manhattan Project from 1942 to 1945. He was an instructor in physics at Columbia, 1946-1948, and assistant pro...

Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995

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Physicist. From the description of Reminiscences of Eugene Paul Wigner : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419196 From the description of Oral history interview with Eugene Paul Wigner, 1984 Apr. 12. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63283818 From the description of Oral history interview with Eugene Paul Wigner, 1987 May 12. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: ...

Townes, Charles Hard

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Physicist. Member of technical staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1939-1947; professor of physics, Columbia University, 1948-1961; physics dept. chairman, director of radiation laboratory, and provost, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961-1967; University Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, from 1967. From the description of Memoranda from Bell Telephone Laboratories concerning applications of microwave spectroscopy (1946); letters from Townes to Joan Br...

Goldberger, Marvin

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Kistiakowsky, George B. (George Bogdan), 1900-1982

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Physical chemist. Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, 1959-1961. From the description of Diary, 1959-1960 (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84398466 George Bogdan Kistiakowsky (1900-1982) was a Ukrainian-born American chemist. He was not only a renowned in academic circles, but was also a consultant, defense researcher, and public policy advisor. Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University, Kistiakowsky was also a participan...

Institute for Defense Analyses

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The simulation of this tank-on-tank engagement from the 1991 war against Iraq was run by the Institute for Defense Analyses and DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). The product was a learning tool for current and future soldier training, as well as historical analysis. It became a model for further work in the same genre. From the description of The Battle of 73 Easting, Gulf War : papers concerning the simulation project, 1991-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7...

Brueckner, Keith A.

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Keith A. Brueckner, a professor of physics, held several university administration positions during his career at UCSD: Chair of the Physics Dept. 1959-1961, Dean of the School of Science and Engineering (later called Revelle College), Dean of Letters and Sciences 1963-1965, first Dean of Graduate Studies 1965, and Director of the Institute for Radiation Physics and Aerodynamics 1965-1970. From the description of Administrative records of Keith A. Brueckner, 1959-1970. (University of...

Wiesner, Jerome B. (Jerome Bert), 1915-1994

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Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008

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John Archibald Wheeler is a physicist and a pioneer theorist on the existence of black holes. He studied under Herzfeld at Johns Hopkins University (Ph. D., 1933) and later studied nuclear fission with Niels Bohr. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1950s-1970s]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 154298147 Physicist (atomic and nuclear theory, relativity theory, and cosmology). On the physics faculty at Princeton University from 1938; physicist, ...

York, Herbert F. (Herbert Frank)

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Experimental physicist who was founding director of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and first Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego. York also was a member of Presidential Scientific Advisory Committee under Presidents Eisenhower and Johnson, and Chief Scientist of the Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency. From the description of Papers, ca. 1958-1999. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 20293837 A physicist by pr...

Killian, James Rhyne, 1904-

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Scientist, college administrator. From the description of Reminiscences of James Rhyne Killian, Jr. : oral history, 1970. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122565732 October 24, 1957 First Award: Niels Henrik David Bohr January 29, 1959 Second Award: George Charles de Hevesy ...

United States. President's Science Advisory Committee

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This committee operated between 1951 and 1973 in order to provide advice and analysis to the president and the federal government on a wide range of scientific and technological matters. From the description of Records [microform], 1957-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80053197 In 1951 President Harry S. Truman established a Science Advisory Committee as part of the Office of Defense Mobilization (ODM). On November 29, 1957 Preisent Dwight D. Eisenhower tran...