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Vannevar Bush
Vannevar Bush was an American engineer, inventor and science administrator, who during World War II headed the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), through which almost all wartime military R&D was carried out, including important developments in radar and the initiation and early administration of the Manhattan Project. He emphasized the importance of scientific research to…
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science · American science official (1890–1974) · computer scientist · inventor · politician · university teacher · engineer · science administrator · electrical engineer · also Vannevar Bush, V. Bush, Vanevar Bush, Bush
Born 11 March 1890 · Died 28 June 1974 · Q299595
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2026· 3 entries
“They are founded on new principles and new conceptions, which in turn are painstakingly developed by research in the purest realms of science!”
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streamlinefeed.co.ke: Claude Shannon and Vannevar Bush Still Shape AI Startups
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2023· 1 entry
CU Boulder News & Events: JILA and NIST Fellow Ana Maria Rey Awarded a 2023 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship from the Department of Defense
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2022· 4 entries
Forbes: Department Of Defense Names Nine University Faculty To Receive Vannevar Bush Fellowships
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The Atlantic: Science, War, and Democracy: Vannevar Bush's Declaration of Faith
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Published “2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension” in European Heart Journal — cited 3,603 times.
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Published “New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias” in Nature Genetics — cited 2,347 times.
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2021· 1 entry
EurekAlert!: Rein Ulijn receives Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship
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2019· 5 entries
Yale Environment 360: Jack Harris wins Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship
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SpaceNews: Walter Massey to Receive Vannevar Bush Award
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The University of Chicago Chronicle: Walter Massey, champion of art and science education, receives Vannevar Bush Award
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National security intelligence company Vannevar Labs was founded, and named after Bush
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Published “Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing” in Nature Genetics — cited 2,873 times.
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2017· 1 entry
Published “Ferroptosis: A Regulated Cell Death Nexus Linking Metabolism, Redox Biology, and Disease” in Cell — cited 6,898 times.
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2016· 1 entry
insider.si.edu: Integraph Unit of Vannevar Bush
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2013· 1 entry
Published “International ERS/ATS guidelines on definition, evaluation and treatment of severe asthma” in European Respiratory Journal — cited 3,331 times.
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2011· 2 entries
Published “The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) Investigation for the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)” in Solar Physics — cited 2,280 times.
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Published “The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)” in Solar Physics — cited 4,295 times.
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2006· 1 entry
And it became a separate company again as Sensata Technologies in 2010
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2004· 2 entries
Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (2004).
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Published “Neurodegenerative diseases and oxidative stress” in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery — cited 3,150 times.
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2000· 1 entry
Published “Cognitive and emotional influences in anterior cingulate cortex” in Trends in Cognitive Sciences — cited 4,962 times.
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1998· 2 entries
Published “The AUDIT Alcohol Consumption Questions (AUDIT-C)<subtitle>An Effective Brief Screening Test for Problem Drinking</subtitle>” in Archives of Internal Medicine — cited 5,449 times.
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Published “Synthesis of Large Arrays of Well-Aligned Carbon Nanotubes on Glass” in Science — cited 2,227 times.
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1997· 1 entry
Published “Parasitology Meets Ecology on Its Own Terms: Margolis et al. Revisited” in The Journal of Parasitology — cited 6,006 times.
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1980· 1 entry
The National Science Foundation created the Vannevar Bush Award to honor his contributions to public service
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1974· 3 entries
Died 1974-06-28.
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“Advances in science when put to practical use mean more jobs, higher wages, shorter hours, more abundant crops.”
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“As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems.”
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1966· 1 entry
Awarded National Academy of Engineering Founders Award (1966).
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1963· 1 entry
Won National Medal of Science presented by Lyndon B. Johnson (1963).
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1957· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson (1957–1959).
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1955· 1 entry
But remained a director of Metals and Controls Corporation from 1952 to 1959, and of Merck & Co
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1954· 1 entry
Awarded William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (1954).
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1953· 1 entry
Awarded John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science (1953).
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1951· 1 entry
Won John Fritz Medal (1951).
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1949· 2 entries
Won IRI Medal (1949).
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Received the IRI Medal from the Industrial Research Institute in recognition of his contributions as a leader of research and development
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1948· 1 entry
And an Officer of the French Legion of Honor in 1955
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1947· 1 entry
The JRDB became the Research and Development Board (RDB)
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1946· 2 entries
Won Hoover Medal (1946).
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Awarded Washington Award (1946).
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1945· 5 entries
For the Trinity nuclear test, the first detonation of an atomic bomb
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Won NAS Public Welfare Medal (1945).
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“This has not been a scientist”
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“Science The Endless Frontier”
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Bush was awarded the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences
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1944· 1 entry
The immediate use of the proximity fuze was authorized, and it went into action with deadly effect
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1943· 4 entries
Won Edison Medal (1943).
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Won Holley Medal (1943).
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Awarded John Scott Award (1943).
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"for his contribution to the advancement of electrical engineering, particularly through the development of new applications of mathematics to engineering problems, and for his eminent service to the nation in guiding th
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1941· 2 entries
Bush advocated cooperating with the United Kingdom, and he began corresponding with his British counterpart, Sir John Anderson
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Roosevelt established the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) with the signing of Executive Order 8807
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1940· 4 entries
The Americans described Loomis and Compton's microwave research
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Bush met with Henry Tizard, and arranged a series of meetings between the NDRC and the Tizard Mission, a British scientific delegation
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To which he brought a single sheet of paper describing the agency
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Career landmark: board member (1940–1956).
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1938· 1 entry
Bush was appointed to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor of NASA
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1935· 3 entries
Awarded Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1935).
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Won IEEE Lamme Medal (1935).
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Bush was approached by OP-20-G, which was searching for an electronic device to aid in codebreaking
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1932· 1 entry
And president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington in 1938
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1928· 1 entry
Won Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute (1928).
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1927· 2 entries
Bush constructed a differential analyzer, an analog computer that could solve differential equations with as many as 18 independent variables
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Bush constructed a differential analyzer, a mechanical analog computer with some digital components that could solve differential equations with as many as 18 independent variables
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1924· 1 entry
Bush and Marshall teamed up with physicist Charles G
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1923· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the American Physical Society (1923).
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1922· 2 entries
To build silent refrigerators, with Bush and Smith among its five directors, but changed course and renamed it the Raytheon Company, to make and market the S-tube
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Collaborated with fellow MIT professor William H
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1919· 2 entries
And founded the company that became Raytheon in 1922
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Although he remained employed by AMRAD, and joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he worked under Dugald C
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1917· 1 entry
Following the United States' entry into World War I, he went to work with the National Research Council
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1913· 1 entry
Received both Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees
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1892· 1 entry
And Bush graduated from Chelsea High School in 1909
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1890· 1 entry
Born 1890-03-11.
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