biography
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Waterman, Alan (Tower)
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| lived:
| (1892–1967)
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| biography:
| Physicist and scientific administrator, born in Cornwall, New York, USA. Working in the Office of Scientific Research and Development (1942–6), he expanded radar's military applications and assigned scientists to military units, and then joined 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. |
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