INDEX 



Adams, L. H., 54, 68, 84 



Adams, Roger, 10, 38, 42, 52, 54, 56, 60, 



126 

 Adkins, Homer, 54-55 

 Akin, Major General Spencer B., 141 

 Alexander, Colonel William, 141 

 Allen, H. B., 84 

 Andrus, E. Cowles, 111-112 

 Archambault, Bennett, 170 

 Aydelotte, Frank, 256, 259 



Bailey, George W., 69, 256, 258, 267 



Barker, E. Tefft, 43, 186 



Barnes, Colonel Gladeon M., 153 



Barton, Henry A., 125, 256 



Bass, L. W., 69, 71 



Bassett, P. R., 88 



Baxter, G. P., 54 



Baxter, James Phinney, 3rd, 79, 290, 294 



Bay, Emmet B., 112 



Beckler, David Z., 173 



Bemis, A. C, 12 



Blackistone, Mrs. Shirley, 183 



Bleakney, Walker, 85 



Booth, R. D., 11-12 



Borden, Brigadier General William A., 

 46, 139, 303, 305 



Bowen, Rear Admiral Harold G., 7, 9, 52 



Bowen, Colonel W. S., 69 



Bowker, Roy C, 43, 234 



Bowman, Isaiah, 296 



Boyce, Joseph C, 68, 87 



Bragg, H. E., 94 



Bray, Charles W., 68, 71, 95 



Briggs, Lyman J., 9, 12, 57, 120-122 



Brode, Wallace R., 178 



Bronk, Detlev W., 112 



Brown, Charles P., 186 



Brown, Colonel W. G., 139 



Buckley, Oliver E., 86 



Bundy, Harvey H., 46, 48, 300 



Burchard, John E., 10, 85, 129, 286, 290- 

 291 



Burlew, John S., 295 



Burrows, C. R., 96 



Bush, Vannevar, Joint Development and 

 Research Board (JDRB), 50; Joint Com- 

 mittee on New Weapons (JNW), 47, 

 49-50; National Advisory Committee 

 on Aeronautics (NACA), 49; National 

 Defense Research Committee (NDRC) : 

 organization, 4, 6-9, 24, 26, 31-32, 35, 

 reorganization of divisions, 61-62, 65, 



Executive Office, 69-70, Chairman's 

 Office, 72, Engineering and Transition 

 Office, 74-75, atomic energy project, 

 120— 121, liaison with allies, 168, scien- 

 tific manpower, 260, demobilization, 

 299; Office of Scientific Research and 

 Development (OSRD): Director, 38, 

 44—46, 49-51, Committee on Medical 

 Research (CMR), 98, 100, 107, 109, 

 atomic energy project, 120-121, 123, 

 230-231, proximity fuzes, 124, sensory 

 devices, 125, Office of Field Service 

 (OFS), 129, 141-142, 145, 150, patent 

 program, 175, 225-226, 230-231, liaison 

 with allies, 180, contracts, 66, 197, 204, 

 209, 216, scientific manpower, 256-257, 

 262, 264-265, 273, 275, voluntary serv- 

 ices, 278-280, 282, public relations, 

 285, 288-290, 292-296, demobilization, 

 299-311 

 Byrd, Senator Harry P., 304 



Calcott, W. S., 55 



Caldon, Barbara E., 172 



Caldwell, Samuel H., 88, 159 



Garden, George A., Jr., 113, 115 



Carll, Mary L., 172 



Carlson, A. J., 125 



Carmichael, Leonard, 265 



Cathcart, Frances, 186 



Chadwell, Harris M,, 69, 71, 90, 95, 291, 

 295 



Chalkley, Lyman, 45 



Clark, A, B., 91 



Clark, W. M., 115 



Clarke, Hans T., 107 



Coe, Conway P., 7, 12, 52, 221-222, 224 



Colpitts, E. H., 87 



Compton, A. H., 122 



Compton, Karl T., National Defense Re- 

 search Committee (NDRC), 4, 7, 12, 21, 

 25-26, 42, 52, 60, 176, 275, 278, 285; 

 Office of Field Service (OFS), 43, 129, 

 137, 142, 148-149, 290 



Conant, James B., National Defense Re- 

 search Committee (NDRC) : co-founder, 

 4, 7, 21-22, 26; Chairman of Division A, 

 10; Chairman, 38, 41, 46, 49, 52, 58, 

 60-62, 65, 68-70, 72-74, 142, 208, 278, 

 309; London Mission, 34, 168-170; 

 atomic energy program, 1 21-123; scien- 

 tific manpower, 262, 273; public rela- 



