Reminiscences of James R. Killian, Jr., 1970

Biographical Note

Scientist, college administrator

Scope and Contents

Special Assistant to President Eisenhower for Science and Technology; President's Science Advisory Committee; Technological Capabilities Panel; Department of Defense; State Department; Central Intelligence Agency; National Security Council; National Science Foundation; relations with President Eisenhower; effect of Sputnik; science and government; influence and limitations of a science adviser; Defense Communications Agency; Advanced Research Projects Agency; Geneva Conference on nuclear test detection

Subjects

• Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
• Interviews.
• Killian, James Rhyne, 1904-1988--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Science and state.
• Scientists--Interviews.
• United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.
• United States. Department of Defense.
• United States. Department of State.
• White, Stephen, interviewer.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1986