Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974

President Harry S. Truman, center, presenting Dr. James B. Conant, at right, with the Medal of Merit and Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster. Dr. Vannevar Bush stands watching at left.

President Harry S. Truman, Dr. Vannevar Bush and members of the National Defense Research Committee. Seated are Dr. James Conant, President of Harvard University; President Truman; and Dr. Alfred N. Richards, Head of Office of Scientific Research and Development. Standing are Dr. Karl T. Compton, President of MIT; Dr. Lewis H. Weed, National Academy of Sciences; Dr. Vannevar Bush, Director, Office of Scientific Research and Development; Dr. Frank B. Jewett, New York; Dr. J. C. Hunsaker, MIT; Dr. Roger Adams, University of Illinois; Dr. A. Baird Hastings, Harvard Medical School; and Dr. A. R.

President Harry S. Truman meets with foreign leaders and Congressional leaders after the signing of a joint declaration on atomic energy. Seated are Prime Minister of Great Britain Clement Attlee, President Truman, and Prime Minister of Canada Mackenzie King. Standing in the background are (from left to right): Vannevar Bush, unidentified man, unidentified man mostly obscured, Congressman Charles Eaton, Senator Brien McMahon, Canadian Ambassador Lester Pearson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Congressman Sol Bloom, and Admiral William Leahy.

Dr. Vannevar Bush (left) is sworn in as Chairman of the Research and Development Board by Major General Thomas Green, Judge Advocate General, United States of America.

Dr. Vannevar Bush today warned Congress that it would "disastrous" to seek to outlaw the atomic bomb before a strong international control agency is in operation. He appeared before the Senate Atomic Committee. From: Beth Gore

Dr. Vannevar Bush, President of the Carnegie Institute, today appeared before a House Committee investigating Armed Services procurement. Dr. Bush was head of the office of Scientific Development and Research and also directed the original Atom Bomb Project. From: Beth Gore

The Senate Armed Services Committee called Dr. Vannevar Bush for a closed door conference on Post-War progress in military weapons. Bush, head of the Carnegie Institution was Director of Research and Development Board until he was replaced by Dr. Earl T. Compton. Bush, left, is shown with Senator Millard Tydings (Democrat Maryland) Chairman of the Committee. From: Beth Gore