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unusual facts about U.S. Atomic Energy Commission



Arthur Krock

For example, amid the HissChambers and Coplon spy cases and the investigation of David E. Lilienthal's management of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Krock observed: The persons whose names have entered the trials and investigations, fairly and unfairly, include none who was affiliated with the Republican party ...

Bernard Eastlund

In 1970 he received a Special Achievement Certificate from the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission for co-invention of the "fusion torch."

Frederick Corbet Davison

He then taught veterinary science at Iowa State University while also leading an U.S. Atomic Energy Commission research project on stable rare earth compounds.

Lew Kowarski

A staff member of CERN (Geneva) since participating in its formation in 1953, he was a Decorated Officer Legion of Honor, Fellow of the American Nuclear Society, and a recipient of citation and prize from the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

Marvin Hewitt

The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and the British Admiralty approached him.

Samuel M. Nabrit

Samuel M. Nabrit, (February 21, 1905 – December 30, 2003) became the first African-American to be awarded a doctoral degree from Brown University, the first Morehouse College graduate to earn a Ph.D. and the first African-American appointed to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (now the Nuclear Regulatory Commission).

William C. Wampler

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1954 to the 84th Congress; he went to work for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission from January 1955 to March 1956.


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