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Appendix D: A Brief Analysis of University Research and Development Efforts Relating to National Security, 1940-1980
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From page 117... ... It is noted there that 69 different academic institutions were represented on the staff of the Radiation Laboratory, and that California, Columbia, Harvard, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution operated major laboratories for the study of underwater sound and underwater explosions. Smaller projects were carried on by other institutions without the establishment of special laboratories; as, for example, work on explosives at the University of Michigan, on optics at the University of Rochester, and other notable work at Stanford University, Duke University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the state universities of New Mexico, Texas, Iowa, Florida, and Ohio. Read the entire page →
From page 118... ... m e security record of these academic institutions was admirable, proving that n intelligent and patriotic civilians, carefully indoctrinated as to the importance of security, can maintain secrecy as effectively as members of the armed services." m e development of the atomic bomb and other weapons under tight security "was achieved," wrote Baxter, "not by the regimentation of science or industry but by the country where greatest pains had been taken to leave both free to make the most of the creative powers. Secrecy was maintanined without a Gestapo." Most of the secret war research projects on campus and in big laboratories, such as the Radiation Laboratory, were brought to a rapid conclusion at the end of the war, particularly those that were secret and therefore inappropriate to the policies and freedom of academic institutions. Read the entire page →
From page 119... ... 119 national security and that the participating universities played a central role by adhering firmly to the "four freedoms" of university life. By seeking to avoid unnecessary intrusions, regulations, and secrecy requirements, the national security agencies freed the universities to work in a manner that enabled them to be most productive and creative. Read the entire page →

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... It is noted there that 69 different academic institutions were represented on the staff of the Radiation Laboratory, and that California, Columbia, Harvard, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution operated major laboratories for the study of underwater sound and underwater explosions. Smaller projects were carried on by other institutions without the establishment of special laboratories; as, for example, work on explosives at the University of Michigan, on optics at the University of Rochester, and other notable work at Stanford University, Duke University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the state universities of New Mexico, Texas, Iowa, Florida, and Ohio.

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... m e security record of these academic institutions was admirable, proving that n intelligent and patriotic civilians, carefully indoctrinated as to the importance of security, can maintain secrecy as effectively as members of the armed services." m e development of the atomic bomb and other weapons under tight security "was achieved," wrote Baxter, "not by the regimentation of science or industry but by the country where greatest pains had been taken to leave both free to make the most of the creative powers. Secrecy was maintanined without a Gestapo." Most of the secret war research projects on campus and in big laboratories, such as the Radiation Laboratory, were brought to a rapid conclusion at the end of the war, particularly those that were secret and therefore inappropriate to the policies and freedom of academic institutions.

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... 119 national security and that the participating universities played a central role by adhering firmly to the "four freedoms" of university life. By seeking to avoid unnecessary intrusions, regulations, and secrecy requirements, the national security agencies freed the universities to work in a manner that enabled them to be most productive and creative.

Read the entire page →

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Appendix D: A Brief Analysis of University Research and Development Efforts Relating to National Security, 1940-1980 Pages 117-119

Appendix D: A Brief Analysis of University Research and Development Efforts Relating to National Security, 1940-1980
Pages 117-119