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Atoms for Peace Awards, inc.
Atoms for Peace Award records, 1944-1972.
The collection contains subject files of the executive secretary Bruce Leggett and his correspondence with Aage Niels Bohr, Sir John Cockroft, Georg von Hevesy, Sigvard Eklund, Dwight Eisenhower, James Killian, I. I. Rabi, Leo Szilard, and Eugene Wigner. Also included are minutes of meetings, legal and financial papers, and biographies of nominees.
Atoms for Peace, Inc. was formed by the Ford Motor Company as a memorial to Henry and Edsel Ford to present awards to those who made contributions to the peaceful uses of atomic energy. In August 1955, James R. Killian, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, accepted the invitation of Henry Ford II to serve as chairman of the Organization and Planning Committee for the Atoms for Peace awards. The directors of the Ford Motor Company authorized an appropiation of one million dollars at a rate of $100,000 for ten years. Ten awards were given; the first in 1957, and the last in 1969.
Beadle, George Wells, 1903-1989.
Benedict, Manson
Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005
Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962
Born, Max, 1882-1970
Bronk, Detlev W. (Detlev Wulf), 1897-1975
Cockcroft, John, Sir, 1897-1967.
Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Eklund, Sigvard Arne, 1911-2000.
Hamarskjold, Dag, 1905-1969.
Hevesy, Georg von, 1885-1966
Killian, James Rhyne, 1904-1988
Kistiakowsky, George B. (George Bogdan), 1900-1982
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Rabi, I. I. (Isidor Isaac), 1898-1988
Ramsey, Norman, 1915-2011-
Rosen, Louis, 1918-2009
Szilard, Leo
Teller, Edward, 1908-2003
Tuve, Merle Antony, 1901-1982
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995
Atoms for Peace Awards, inc.
Nuclear energy -- Research -- 1944-1972.
AIP-ICOS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute Archives and Special Collections. M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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