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    Lewis Strauss

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

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  1. 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.

  2. Jul 26, 2023 · Once a traveling shoe salesman, amateur physicist Lewis Strauss spurred the hydrogen bomb’s development—and became Robert Oppenheimer's nemesis.

  3. Lewis Strauss (born January 31, 1896, Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.—died January 21, 1974, Brandy Station, Virginia) 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.

  4. Mar 9, 2024 · Lewis Strauss, the government official who schemed to end J. Robert Oppenheimers career, is a key figure in Christopher Nolan's film. (Video: Allie Caren, Dan Diamond/The Washington Post)

  5. 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.

  6. Lewis Strauss was a naval officer and businessman who served as Atomic Energy Commission chairman during Robert Oppenheimer’s 1954 security clearance hearings.

  7. Jul 21, 2023 · As we learn in the film, one of the men behind destroying Oppenheimer’s reputation was Lewis Strauss, played by Robert Downey Jr. in a career-best performance. But who was Strauss, and what...

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