Lewis Strauss

✶January 31, 1896

†January 21, 1974

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Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss was an American government official, businessman, philanthropist, and naval officer. He was one of the original members of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1946 and he served as the commission's chairman in the 1950s. Strauss was a major figure in the development of nuclear weapons after World War II, nuclear energy policy, and nuclear power in the United States.

American banker and chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (1896-1974)

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