Oral history interview with Emanuel Ruben Piore, 1977 March 7.

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Oral history interview with Emanuel Ruben Piore, 1977 March 7.

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Piore's involvement in science research policies; establishment of the Office of Naval Research and its relationship with institutions such as the National Science Foundation, National Science Board, Atomic Energy Commission, and the President's Science Advisory Committee; funding of large-scale research (SLAC and other accelerator centers). Education, from high school (Ethical Culture Society, New York City) and college years at University of Wisconsin (Ph. D. in physics, 1935). Career at Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 1935-1942; work at Bureau of Ships during World War II, involving radar research, conventional weapons development, use of the atomic bomb, and early Russian space research. Also mentioned at length are: Ralph H. Fowler, Raymond Herb, Robert Serber, John Van Vleck, and Fritz Zworykin.

Transcript, 60 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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