Month: September 2018

Lewis Strauss

Jovan Stosic September 15, 2018

Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss (/ˈstrɔːz/ “straws”; January 31, 1896 – January 21, 1974) was a Jewish American businessman, philanthropist, public official, and naval officer. He was a major figure in the development of nuclear weapons.

Strauss was the driving force in the controversial hearings, held in April 1954 before a U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Personnel Security Board, in which J. Robert Oppenheimer‘s security clearance was revoked. President Dwight D. Eisenhower‘s nomination of Strauss to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce in 1959 was not confirmed by the Senate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Strauss

Lewis Strauss was last modified: September 15th, 2018 by Jovan Stosic

Haakon Chevalier

Jovan Stosic September 15, 2018

Haakon Maurice Chevalier (Lakewood Township, New Jersey, September 10, 1901 – July 4, 1985) was an American author, translator, and professor of French literature at the University of California, Berkeley best known for his friendship with physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, whom he met at Berkeley, California in 1937.

Oppenheimer’s relationship with Chevalier, and Chevalier’s relationship with a possible recruiter for Soviet intelligence, figured prominently in a 1954 hearing of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission on Oppenheimer’s security clearance. At that hearing, Oppenheimer’s security clearance was revoked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_Chevalier

Haakon Chevalier was last modified: September 15th, 2018 by Jovan Stosic