TY  - GEN
AU  - Waterman,Alan Tower
TI  - Alan Tower Waterman papers,
KW  - Bronk, Detlev W.
KW  - Bush, Vannevar,
KW  - Compton, K. T.
KW  - Conant, James Bryant,
KW  - DuBridge, Lee A.
KW  - Gamow, George,
KW  - Libby, Willard F.
KW  - Lovell, Bernard,
KW  - Mead, Margaret,
KW  - Oppenheimer, J. Robert,
KW  - Shapley, Harlow,
KW  - Wiener, Norbert,
KW  - Zacharias, Jerrold Reinach,
KW  - American Association for the Advancement of Science
KW  - Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, Calif.)
KW  - College Entrance Examination Board
KW  - Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C.)
KW  - National Science Foundation (U.S.)
KW  - United States
KW  - Office of Naval Research
KW  - Yale University
KW  - Faculty
KW  - Artificial satellites
KW  - International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958
KW  - Physics
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Research
KW  - Science
KW  - Societies, etc
KW  - Administrators
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Physicists
N1  - Open to research; Classified, in part; Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010304
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010304.3
ER  -