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    Lewis Strauss

    American banker and chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

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  1. Jan 21, 2014 · Lewis Strauss, rejected by the Senate in 1959 as President Dwight Eisenhower’s choice to serve as secretary of commerce after an epic confirmation battle, died on this day in 1974 at Brandy...

  2. Note: Mr. Strauss, 77, died in Brandy Station, Va., on January 21, 1974. He was Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission from 1953 to 1958 and served as Acting Secretary of Commerce from 1958 to 1959.

  3. Jan 22, 1974 · Rear Adm. Lewis L. Strauss U.S.N., retired, former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, died yesterday of cancer at his home, Brandy Rock Farm, in Brandy Station, Va. He was 77 years old.

  4. Aug 9, 2023 · Lewis Strauss was a controversial yet high ranking figure who had it out for J. Robert Oppenheimer. Here's what happened to him after the Oppenheimer hearings.

    • William Fischer
  5. Nov 23, 2023 · Just around a decade and a half after being rejected by the Senate to become the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Strauss died in 1974, losing a battle with lymphosarcoma after three years. Oppenheimer died 7 years prior, in 1967, despite being eight years younger than Strauss.

    • Ana Dumaraog
  6. Later life and Death. In 1962, Strauss wrote a book called Men and Decisions. In the 1970s, Strauss got sick with lymphosarcoma. He died in 1974. Strauss was buried in a Jewish cemetery in Virginia . In popular culture. Phil Brown played Strauss for the television program Oppenheimer.

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  8. Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss 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.

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