Gaither Committee
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
- Robert C. Sprague - Sprague Electric Company
- William C. Foster - Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp.
- Dr James P. Baxter III - Williams College
- Dr Robert D. Calkins - Brookings Institution
- John J. Corson - McKinsey and Company
- Dr James A. Perkins - Carnegie Corporation
- Dr Robert C. Prim - Bell Telephone Labs
- Dr Hector R. Skifter - Airborne Instruments Labs
- William Webster - New England Electric System
- Professor Jerome B. Wiesner - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Technical Adviser Oliver P. Edward - Rand Corporation[2]
Notes
- ↑ Gaither Report calls for more U.S. missiles and fallout shelters, history.com, accessed 13 February 2014.
- ↑ Deterrence & Survival in the Nuclear Age, Security Resources Panel of the Science Advisory Committee, 7 November 1957.
