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...James B. Conant '13 was moonlighting...as president of Harvard University. Rather than focusing on faculty meetings or office hours, the world-renowned chemist's attention was focused on the development and testing of the atomic bomb...
...chair of both the national Defense Research Committee (NDRC) and the "S-I Division" of the office for Scientific Research and Development, Conant was directly responsible for overseeing American research into atomic weapons...
Hershberg's biography grew out of hisundergraduate thesis, which he submitted in 1982.When he resumed his research for the biography,Hershberg was able to convince Harvard to make anexception to the 50-year rule and give him limitedaccess to papers of Conant that did not relatedirectly to the University...
...Conant, a prominent figure in the Manhattanproject, was president of Harvard from 1933 to1953. He died...
Hershberg says the 50-year rule kept him fromConant's papers from during and after World WarII. He says he found the rule most frustratingwhen he attempted to research Conant's role as "aCold War educator" between...