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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 · Once a traveling shoe salesman, amateur physicist Lewis Strauss spurred the hydrogen bomb’s development—and became Robert Oppenheimer's nemesis. By: Christopher Klein Published: July 26, 2023
Mar 14, 2024 · Lewis Strauss (born January 31, 1896, Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.—died January 21, 1974, Brandy Station, Virginia) 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.
Mar 9, 2024 · 13 min. This piece contains spoilers for “Oppenheimer” (2023). Lewis L. Strauss was once a very important man in Washington. An admiral who helped run the Navy’s weapons efforts in the 1940s ...
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.
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. During World War I, Strauss worked under Food Administrator Herbert Hoover.
Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss was acting secretary of commerce under President Eisenhower from November 13, 1958, to June 19, 1959. Strauss grew up in Richmond, Virginia, where he was valedictorian of his high school class and was supposed to attend the University of Virginia, but he contracted typhoid and did not graduate in time.
