Oral history interview with Donald Le Vine, 1991 July 29.

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Le Vine, Donald. Oral history interview with Donald Le Vine, 1991 July 29.

Oral history interview with Donald Le Vine, 1991 July 29.

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Discusses his educational background at University of Michigan, Ph.D. in Theoretical High-Energy Elementary Particle Physics in 1969; 4 years in the Army, first at Defense Intelligence Agency (1969-71) then with DARPA (1971-1973); served at DARPA under Dave Mann and conducted one of three studies on geomagnetics for anti-submarine warfare; began work with JASON in 1974; discusses the politics and rationales behind JASON's move to Washington; headed the Washington JASON office with Bob Leonard; comments on the friction when JASON left IDA and Steve Lukasik's role; explains the process of becoming a JASON and three types of internal conflicts in JASON; comments on the clash of cultures between JASON and government with respect to project compartmentalization; JASONS' success in acoustics; discusses the tension between the JASONs' private careers and government service; comments on the state of JASON upon his departure in 1985; his role with the JASON steering committee as mediator between government and JASONs; comments on the tensions between DARPA, JASON, and ARPA, as JASON diversified to combat a micromanegement issue. Discusses the impact of the JASON group in particular with respect to free electron lasers; comments on JASONs during the Vietnam War era and the question of whether JASONs should expand into biology and sociology; recalls the search for women JASONs.

Sound recording: 3 audio cassettes.Transcript: 42 pp.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library