Hafstad, Lawrence, 1904-
Lawrence Hafstad papers, 1939-1976.
Reports, clippings, pamphlets and correspondence. Topics include: history of proximity fuze, nuclear energy, the Atomic Energy Commission, Chase Manhattan Bank, General Motors Corporation, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Dept. of Defense, the Fund for Peaceful Atomic Development, Johns Hopkins University and the history of the Applied Physics Laboratory and the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Lawrence Randolph Hafstad (1904-1993). Physicist and government official. B.S. from Minnesota (1926) and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins (1933). Hafstad worked as a research scientist at Carnegie Institution of Washington (1928-1941); on a scientific team at the Applied Physics Lab at Johns Hopkins (during World War II). Hafstad was also the Executive Secretary of the Joint Research Development Board, Office of Defense, of the Secretary of the Navy (1947-1949); Director of Reactor Development, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (1949-1955); Director of Atomic Energy Division, Chase Manhattan Bank (1955); and Vice President of General Motors Corporation in charge of research laboratories (1955-1969).
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Chase Manhattan Bank.
Johns Hopkins University. Applied Physics Laboratory -- History.
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Carnegie Institution of Washington. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
United States. Department of Defense
United States. Air Force
Nuclear energy
Proximity fuzes -- History.
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Clippings. aat aat aat
Pamphlets. aat
Physicists. lcsh
Fund for Peaceful Atomic Development.
AIP-ICOS
Norwegian-American Historical Association. St. Olaf College Northfield, MN 55057, USA