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*General [[James McCormack Jr.]] - President.
 
*General [[James McCormack Jr.]] - President.
 
*Dr. [[Albert G. Hill]] - Vice President and Director of Research<ref name="GaitherReport">[http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB139/nitze02.pdf Deterrence & Survival in the Nuclear Age], Security Resources Panel of the Science Advisory Committee, 7 November 1957.</ref>
 
*Dr. [[Albert G. Hill]] - Vice President and Director of Research<ref name="GaitherReport">[http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB139/nitze02.pdf Deterrence & Survival in the Nuclear Age], Security Resources Panel of the Science Advisory Committee, 7 November 1957.</ref>
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===Project Members===
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*Dr [[Sidney S. Alexander]] - [[Massachussetts Institute of Technology]]
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*[[Donald Y. Barrer]] - IDA/WSEG
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*Dr [[Lloyd V. Berkner]] - [[Associated Universities, Inc.]]
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*[[Richard M. Bissell]] - [[Central Intelligence Agency]]
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*Dr [[Eugene T. Booth]] - [[Columbia University]]
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*[[Richard P. Booth]] - [[Bell Telephone Laboratories]]
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*Dr. [[Willard P. Bouricious]] - [[International Business Machines]]
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*Dr [[William E. Bradley]] - [[Philco Corporation]]
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*[[William E. Butler]] - [[Chase Manhattan Bank]]
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*[[Leonard Carulli]] - [[McKinsey and Company]]
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*Dr. [[Joseph M. Clifford]] - IDA/WSEG
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*Dr. [[George A. Contos]] - IDA/WSEG
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*[[James E. Cross]] - [[Center for International Study]]
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*Dr [[John H. Daniel]] - IDA/WSEG
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*Dr [[Edwin O. Elliott]] - [[Operations Evaluation Group]]
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*Dr [[Richard Emberson]] - [[Associated Universities, Inc]]
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*[[William J. Frantz]] - [[Boeing Aircraft Corporation]]
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*Dr [[J. Wayne Fredericks]] - [[Ford Foundation]]
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*[[Edwin B. George]] - [[Office of Defence Mobilization]]
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*Dr [[William M. Hall]] - [[Raytheon Manufacturing Co.]]
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*Dr [[Robert J. Hansen]] -  [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]
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*Dr [[Joseph O. Hanson]] - [[US Information Agency]]
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*Lt. Col. [[James Hartgering]] - [[Walter Reed Medical Center]]
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*[[Robert A. Hawkins]] - [[AVCO Manufucturing Company]]
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*Dr. [[William A. Higginbotham]] - [[Brookhaven National Laboratory]]
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*[[H. Burke Horton]] - [[Office of Defence Mobilization]]
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*[[William R. Hutchins]] - [[Raytheon Manufacturing Corp.]]
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*[[Chandler W. Jones]] - [[Narragansett Electric Company]]
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*[[Spurgeon M. Keeny, Jr]] - [[Office of Secretary of Defence]] R & E.
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*[[John W. Klotz]] - [[Office of Secretary of Defence]] R & E.
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*Col [[Omar E. Knox]], USAF - IDA/WDEG
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Revision as of 21:30, 17 February 2014

The Gaither Committee was appointed by US President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1957, shortly after the launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union. It concluded that the United States was in danger of losing a war against the Soviets, and that massive increases in defence spending, particularly on missile programs, were required.[1]

Security Resources Panel - Membership Roster

Steering Committee

Advisory Panel

Science Advisory Committee - Subcommittee

Executive Staff

Institute for Defence Analyses Officers

Project Members

Notes

  1. Gaither Report calls for more U.S. missiles and fallout shelters, history.com, accessed 13 February 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Deterrence & Survival in the Nuclear Age, Security Resources Panel of the Science Advisory Committee, 7 November 1957.