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Strauss, Lewis (Lichtenstein) (1896–1974)| US government official. He became an Atomic Energy Commission member 1946–50, later chairman 1953–58, championing the hydrogen bomb and denying Robert Oppenheimer security clearance. Briefly secretary of commerce 1958–59, he wrote Men and Decisions (1962). |
| He was born in Charleston, West Virginia. After working on Belgian relief with Herbert Hoover 1917–19, he joined New York investment bankers Kuhn, Loeb & Co. 1929–45. A reservist, he was appointed naval rear admiral for distinguished service in 1945. |
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