Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1912, Mar. 1 | Born, Odessa, Russia |
| 1923 | Immigrated to the United States |
| 1932 | Married Sophia Walsh (divorced 1946) |
| 1933-1936 | A.B. in mathematics and M.A. in mathematical physics, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1934-1942 | Research statistician and administrator, R. H. Macy & Co., New York, N.Y. |
| 1943-1944 | Chief, Production and Requirements Analysis Section, Tools Division, United States War Production Board, Washington, D.C |
| 1944-1946 | Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve |
| 1945-1947 | Associate superintendent, Electricity Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. |
| 1948 . | Chief of the management planning staff, Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern, Calif |
| 1949-1958 | Successive appointments as executive assistant to the director, assistant director of administration, and associate director of planning, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. |
| 1951, May 26 | Married Lillian M. Wessels (date of divorce unknown) |
| 1955 | Ph.D. in theoretical physics, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1956 | Graduated, nuclear reactor engineering course at Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology, Oak Ridge, Tenn. |
| 1958 | Chief scientist, White Sands Missile Range, White Sands, N.Mex. |
| 1958-1969 | Associate member, Creative Science Program, New York University, New York, N.Y.; contributed to publication edited by program director Myron A. Coler, Essays on Creativity in the Sciences (New York: New York University Press, 1963. 235 pp.) |
| 1959 | Director, Technical Operations Division, Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C. |
| 1960 | Deputy associate of administration, National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, Washington, D.C. Vice president and general manager, Rabinow Engineering Co., Takoma Park, Md. |
| 1961-1962 | Director, DoD/NASA Large Launch Vehicle Planning Group, Washington, D.C. |
| 1962-1968 | Technical adviser, Office of the Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Washington, D.C. |
| 1966 | Married Anne Castrodale |
| 1968-1969 | Research associate, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., and the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1969, Apr. 27 | Died, Washington, D.C. |