Vannevar Bush
Personal history
Landow on Bush
WWII history:Development of a New Bomb - 28 June 1941 - Manhattan Project
a. Office of Scientific Research and Development was established by
executive order with Vannevar Bush as chairman and J. Robert
Oppenheimer as chief scientist.
b. Its primary purpose was to coordinate the American scientific effort to develop radar, proximity fuses, sonar against submarines and an atomic bomb.