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Waterman, Alan (Tower)

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Waterman, Alan (Tower) (1892-1967)

US physicist and scientific administrator. He expanded radar's military applications in the Office of Scientific Research and Development (1942-46) and assigned scientists to military units. He was with the Office of Naval Research (1946-51). As the first director of the National Science Foundation (1951-63), he funded basic science research with an annual budget that grew to $500 million. Waterman was born in Cornwall, New York.
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