Word: berkner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rocket and satellite conference, were gathered at a cocktail party. After the vodka. Scotch and bourbon started to flow, New York Times Reporter Walter Sullivan got an urgent phone call from his paper, hurried back to whisper in the ear of a U.S. scientist. A moment later Physicist Lloyd Berkner rapped on the hors d'oeuvre table until the hubbub quieted. "I wish to make an announcement," he said. "I am informed by the New York Times that a satellite is in orbit at an elevation of 900 kilometers [559 miles]. I wish to congratulate our Soviet colleagues...
...scientists backed by something like $500 million will give the earth a long, complex, intent going-over. The IGY, which runs from 7:00 p.m. E.S.T. June 30, 1957 through Dec. 31, 1958, was originally -the idea of an informal group of scientists led by Physicist Lloyd V. Berkner, who is head of the group of Eastern universities that runs. Brookhaven National Laboratory. In 1953 the International Council of Scientific Unions accepted responsibility for IGY. Nation after nation offered men, observing stations, apparatus and money. Now 62 nations have joined the worldwide effort. The Dominican Republic participates in one field...
...Lloyd V. Berkner, president of Associated Universities, Inc., operators of Brookhaven National Laboratories, traced the role of astronomy in science, calling it a central study because of its contributions to other fields, particularly physics and chemistry...
Donald H. Menzel, Director of the Harvard Observatory, will preside at the ceremonies. President Pusey, Lloyd V. Berkner, President of Associated Universities, and John P. Hagen of the Naval Research Laboratory will speak to the gathered scientists, University spokesmen, and public officials...
...BELLAH BERKNER...