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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › James_BJames B. Conant - Wikipedia

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   James Bryant Conant (March 26, 1893 – February 11, 1978) was an American chemist, a transformative President of Harvard University, and the first U.S. Ambassador to West Germany. Conant obtained a Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard in 1916.

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › James-B-ConantJames B. Conant | Harvard President, Nuclear Physicist ...

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   James B. Conant was an American educator and scientist, president of Harvard University, and U.S. high commissioner for western Germany following World War II. Conant received A.B. and Ph.D. (1916) degrees from Harvard and, after spending a year in the research division of the chemical warfare.

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4. www.osti.gov › Administrators › james-conantManhattan Project: People > Administrators > JAMES B. CONANT

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   Conant became director of the NDRC when Bush left in June 1941 to lead the newly created Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD). Bush and Conant, throughout the war years, worked closely together on the issue of atomic research and development for military purposes.

5. www.nytimes.com › 1978/02/12 › archivesJames B. Conant Is Dead at 84; Harvard President for 20 Years

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   Feb 12, 1978 · CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sunday,Feb. 12 —James Bryant Conant, president of Harvard University for 20 years, died yesterday after a long illness, the university announced early today. He was 84 years...

6. ahf.nuclearmuseum.org › ahf › profileJames B. Conant - Nuclear Museum

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   Learn about James B. Conant, an American chemist who played a key role in developing and controlling the atomic bomb during World War II and after. Explore his early life, academic career, military service, and diplomatic missions in this profile.

7. www.thecrimson.com › article › 2011/10/21'Against the Root of Privilege' | News | The Harvard Crimson

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   Oct 21, 2011 · On December 2, 1942, James Bryant Conant—Harvard University President and the chairman of the National Defense Research Committee—received a phone call from prominent physicist Arthur Compton.

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   What was Dr Conant famous for?

   • In those dozen years, Dr. Conant became highly respected among scientists for his work on the nature of chlorophyll, the green substance in plants, and hemoglobin, contained in the red corpuscles in blood. He was seen as a possible Nobel Prize winner. The Professor preferred research and writing to the perfecting of classroom techniques.

   James B. Conant Is Dead at 84; Harvard President for 20 Years

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   Where did Dr Conant live?

   • Dr.Conant. maintained homes with his wife in New York City and Hanover. The Boston‐born Dr. Conant, a scientist as well as an educator and diplomat, helped in creating understanding of the molecular structures of chlorophyll and hemoglobin during his years as a profes- sor of organic chemistry at Harvard.

   James B. Conant Is Dead at 84; Harvard President for 20 Years

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   Who was Dr Conant's wife?

   • presented Conant with an Atomic Pioneer Award for his contributions in World War II and in the post‐war development of atomic energy. On April 17, 1921, Dr. Conant married Miss Grace Thayer Richards. They had two sons, James Richards and Theodore Richards. Dr. Conant lived at 200 East 66th Street.

   James B. Conant Is Dead at 84; Harvard President for 20 Years

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   Who were Conant's two dissenters?

   • Among the most significant of these dissenters were Conant’s two predecessors, Charles William Eliot and Abbot Lawrence Lowell. Eliot, who served as president from 1869 to 1909, made great strides in bringing Harvard from the Protestant religious seminary founded in 1636 to the modern university it is today.

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   Did Dr Conant die in a nursing home?

   • Death came to Dr. Conant in a nursing home the educator entered last summer, Mr. Lord said. Dr.Conant. maintained homes with his wife in New York City and Hanover.

   James B. Conant Is Dead at 84; Harvard President for 20 Years

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   When did Dr Conant resign?

   • Dr. Conant became Ambassador to the Federal Republic of West Germany when sovereignty was restored in May, 1955. He submitted his resignation in January, 1957, and on Feb. 19, he took a train out of Bonn's Mehlem railroad station, on his way home and to fame in a fourth career.

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9. ahf.nuclearmuseum.org › ahf › key-documentsConant & the Bomb - Nuclear Museum

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   As one of the nation’s foremost scientists, James B. Conant served as the chairman of the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC) and played a critical role as the key scientific advisor overseeing the Manhattan Project.