Waterman, Alan

Waterman, Alan (Tower)

(1892–1967) physicist, scientific administrator; born in Cornwall, N.Y. He expanded radar's military applications in the Office of Scientific Research and Development (1942–46) and assigned scientists to military units. He was with the Office of Naval Research (1946–51). As the first director of the National Science Foundation (1951–63), he funded basic science research with an annual budget that grew to $500 million.
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.
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Shipping office in Royal Liver Buildings, 1950-1956 - particularly the Outward Freight Dept, and Bill Roberts, Gerry Sinnott, Bob Owen, or Joy Sharpe, who lived in Waterloo; Any old editorial staff of Birkenhead News, 1952-56 (Stuart Hooton, Don Shand) or Liverpool Evening Express, when it closed down in 1958 (Marjorie Pearson, Henry Waterman, Alan Smith).
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