Vannevar Bush
Vannevar Bush ( van-NEE-var; March 11, 1890 – June 28, 1974) 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 national security and economic well-being, and was chiefly responsible for the movement that led to the creation of the National Science Foundation.
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| Date of birth | 11 March 1890
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| Place of birth | Everett, Massachusetts
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| Date of death | 28 June 1974
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| Age | 84 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Belmont, Massachusetts
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Vannevar Bush is known for his role in the TV series The World at War (1973) as Self - Adviser to Roosevelt.
He is also known for his role in the short documentary A Trip Down Memory Lane (1965) as Self - in Front of Map of Far East.
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