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Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss (/ ˈ s t r ɔː z / STRAWZ; January 31, 1896 – January 21, 1974) was an American government official, businessman, philanthropist, and naval officer. He was one of the original members of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1946 and he served as the commission's chair in the 1950s.
Jul 26, 2023 · Amateur physicist Lewis Strauss spurred the hydrogen bomb’s development—and became Robert Oppenheimer's nemesis.
Lewis Strauss was an American businessman and official who was head of the Atomic Energy Commission from 1953 to 1958 and acting secretary of commerce from 1958 to 1959. As a young boy, Strauss had a strong interest in physics and planned to study at the University of Virginia in the fall of 1913.
Lewis Strauss (1896-1974) was an American financier and government official who served as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. Strauss was born in Charleston, West Virginia.
Mar 9, 2024 · Lewis L. Strauss was once a very important man in Washington. An admiral who helped run the Navy’s weapons efforts in the 1940s. The chairman of America’s atomic energy commission in the...
Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss (January 31, 1896 – January 21, 1974) was an American businessman, philanthropist and naval officer. He was one of the original members of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). In the 1950s he was the chairman of the commission.
Jul 19, 2023 · The film is framed as a head-to-head battle between Oppenheimer and his nemesis, Lewis Strauss (Robert Downey Jr), former head of the US Atomic Energy Commission.
Lewis Strauss was a naval officer and businessman who served as Atomic Energy Commission chairman during Robert Oppenheimer’s 1954 security clearance hearings.
Jul 25, 2023 · His portrayal of Lewis Strauss – Washington insider, H-bomb hawk, and Oppenheimer’s nemesis – is fabulous: layered, serpentine, cynical, knowing, the Salieri to the great scientist’s Mozart.
Former banker and hydrogen bomb champion Lewis Strauss addresses the U.N. on nuclear energy. Strauss was appointed to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1946 and served as its...
