Hafstad, Lawrence, 1904-
Lawrence Hafstad papers, 1939-1975.
The papers of Lawrence R. Hafstad document his work as the Executive Secretary of the Research and Development Board of the Department of Defense, and as the first Director of the Reactor Development Division of the Atomic Energy Commission, and include details about his work on the Fuze Program. The papers include correspondence with friends and government officials, speeches, printed material, reports relating to atomic energy, and items relating to other projects.
Physicist and government official. Ph.D, physics (Johns Hopkins, 1933). Work on photoelectric and radio proximity fuzes for bombs and rockets, Carnegie Institution of Washington; Director, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab; professor of physics, Johns Hopkins University; director, Institute for Cooperative Research, Johns Hopkins University; Executive Secretary, Research and Development Board, Department of Defense; Director of Reactor Development, United States Atomic Energy Commission.
United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research Committee.
United States. Department of Defense
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Nuclear energy.
Nuclear reactors.
Physicists. lcsh
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Harry S. Truman Library. Independence, MO 64050, USA