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For about a dozen years at the outset of the atomic age Lewis Strauss, an urbane but sometimes thorny former banker with a gifted amateur's knowledge of physics, was a key figure in the shaping of United States thermonuclear policy. ...
Jul 26, 2023 · Strauss was only the eighth Cabinet nominee in U.S. history—and the only one between 1925 and 1989—who failed to win confirmation. Following the defeat, Strauss focused on philanthropic ...
Mar 14, 2024 · Strauss was the eighth cabinet nominee in U.S. history not to be confirmed. Strauss later wrote an autobiography, Men and Decisions (1962). President Eisenhower awarded Strauss the Medal of Freedom in 1958.
After Dwight Eisenhower became president, Lewis Strauss called J. Edgar Hoover and told him that Robert Oppenheimer was a Communist. The FBI then tried to decide if Oppenheimer were a spy for the Soviet Union .
Mar 9, 2024 · Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of the Atomic Energy Commission testifies on June 2, 1954, before the Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee. Strauss's later confirmation hearings for commerce secretary ...
1974 Jan 21st Died in Brandy Station, VA. 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. He had hoped to study physics, but his family did not have the money to send him to college.
Jul 21, 2023 · What’s The Real Story Of Lewis Strauss in ‘Oppenheimer’. By Laura Martin Published: 21 July 2023. Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures. After helping to create the atomic bomb, J. Robert ...
