Waterman, Alan Tower 1892-1967 creator mixed material monographic eng 17,700 59 1 23.6 Correspondence, diary notes (1947-1963), speeches, articles, travel itineraries, subject file, biographical material, and other papers chiefly relating to Waterman's activities as an administrator of scientific research organizations including his years as deputy chief of the U.S. Office of Naval Research (1946-1951) and as director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (1951-1963). Includes material concerning the foundation's role in fostering U.S. participation in the International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958, and the first successful launching of an American space satellite. Also documents his teaching career as a professor of physics at Yale University (1919-1942), experience as chief reader for the College Entrance Examination Board, and association with such organizations as the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, Calif.), and the Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C.). Individuals represented include Detlev W. Bronk, Vannevar Bush, K.T. Compton, James Bryant Conant, Lee A. Dubridge, George Gamow, Willard Frank Libby, Sir Bernard Lovell, Margaret Mead, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Harlow Shapley, Norbert Wiener, and Jerrold Reinach Zacharias. Open to research. Classified, in part. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Sound recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Physicist and science administrator. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010304 Bronk, Detlev W. (Detlev Wulf) 1897-1975 Bush, Vannevar 1890-1974 Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor) 1887-1954 Conant, James Bryant 1893-1978 DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin) 1901-1994 Gamow, George 1904-1968 Libby, Willard F Lovell, Bernard 1913-2012 Mead, Margaret 1901-1978 Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967 Shapley, Harlow 1885-1972 Wiener, Norbert 1894-1964 Zacharias, Jerrold Reinach 1905-1986 American Association for the Advancement of Science. Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, Calif.) College Entrance Examination Board Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C.) National Science Foundation (U.S.) United States. Office of Naval Research. Yale University Faculty Artificial satellites International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958 Physics Study and teaching Research Science Societies, etc Administrators Physicists mm 78054197 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010304 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010304.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010304 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010304.3 Open to research. Classified, in part. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. DLC 780803 20260227111627.0 mm 78054197