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*Dr [[Robert J. Hansen]] -  [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]
 
*Dr [[Robert J. Hansen]] -  [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]
 
*Dr [[Joseph O. Hanson]] - [[US Information Agency]]
 
*Dr [[Joseph O. Hanson]] - [[US Information Agency]]
*Lt. Col. [[James Hartgering]] - [[Walter Reed Medical Center]]
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*Lt Col. [[James Hartgering]] - [[Walter Reed Medical Center]]
 
*[[Robert A. Hawkins]] - [[AVCO Manufucturing Company]]
 
*[[Robert A. Hawkins]] - [[AVCO Manufucturing Company]]
*Dr. [[William A. Higginbotham]] - [[Brookhaven National Laboratory]]
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*Dr [[William A. Higginbotham]] - [[Brookhaven National Laboratory]]
 
*[[H. Burke Horton]] - [[Office of Defence Mobilization]]
 
*[[H. Burke Horton]] - [[Office of Defence Mobilization]]
 
*[[William R. Hutchins]] - [[Raytheon Manufacturing Corp.]]
 
*[[William R. Hutchins]] - [[Raytheon Manufacturing Corp.]]
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*[[John W. Klotz]] - [[Office of Secretary of Defence]] R & E.
 
*[[John W. Klotz]] - [[Office of Secretary of Defence]] R & E.
 
*Col [[Omar E. Knox]], USAF - IDA/WDEG
 
*Col [[Omar E. Knox]], USAF - IDA/WDEG
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*[[Dalimil Kybal]] - [[Lockheed Aircraft Corporation]]
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*Dr [[Joel S. Lawson]] - University of Illinois
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*Dr [[Stanley J. Lawwill]] - [[Strategic Air Command]]
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*Colonel [[George A. Lincoln]] - [[United States Military Academy]]
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*[[Franklin A. Lindsay]] - [[McKinsey and Company]]
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*Dr [[Andrew Longacre]] - Syracuse University
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*Dr [[Andrew W. Marshall]] - [[Rand Corporation]]
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*Dr [[Brockway McMillan]] - [[Bell Telephone Laboratories]]
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*Dr [[Edwin M. McMillan]] - University of California
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*Dr [[Vincent V. McRae]] - [[Operations Research Office]]
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*Dr [[Melvin L. Merritt]] - [[Sandia Corporation]]
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*Dr [[Donald N. Michael]] - [[Dunlap & Associates]]
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*Dr [[William H. Minshull, Jr]] - [[Hughes Aircraft Corporation]]
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*[[Anthony J. Navoy]] - IDA/WSEG
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*General [[Otto L. Nelson, Jr]] - [[New York Life Insurance Co.]]
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*Dr [[Nathan M. Newmark]] - University of Illinois
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*[[Guy W. Nichols, Jr]] - [[New England Electric System]]
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*[[Paul H. Nitze]] - [[School of Advanced International Studies]]
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*Dr [[Joseph H. Pechman]] - [[Committee for Economic Development]]
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*[[Oliver Popenoe]] [[Office of Defense Mobilization]]
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*Dr [[Franklin A. Rodgers]] - [[Lincoln Laboratory]]
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*Dr [[Bruce W. Rohrbacher]] - [[MicKinsey and Company]]
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*[[Luis R. Sanchez]] - [[Rand Corporation]]
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*Dr [[William McC. Siebert]] - [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]
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*Lt Col [[Glen A. Smith]] - [[Central Intelligence Agency]]
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*[[Robert Stockley]] - [[Federal Civil Defense Administration]]
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*Dr [[Donald C. Stone]] - Springfield College
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*[[Walmer E. Strobe]] - US Naval Radiological Lab.
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*[[Norman H. Taylor]] - [[Lincoln Laboratory]]
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*Dr [[Lester Van Atta]] - [[Hughes Aircraft]]
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*[[Lawrence R. Walters]] - IDA/WSEG
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*[[William L. White]] - Stanford Research Institute.
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*Dr [[Robert Whitmer]] - [[Ramo-Wooldridge Corp]]
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*Major [[Paul F. Whine]], USAF - [[NORAD]]
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*[[Marshall K. Wood]] - Office of the Secretary of Defense (R & E)
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*Dr [[Herbert F. York]] - University of California<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>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 00:35, 18 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 2.5 Deterrence & Survival in the Nuclear Age, Security Resources Panel of the Science Advisory Committee, 7 November 1957.