Chicago Cold War: Alan Schriesheim
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- Created Date
- 2012-08-01
- Description
Alan Schriesheim was born in 1930 in New York City. After finishing his Ph.D. in chemistry, Schriesheim took a job with the National Bureau of Standards in 1954. In 1956, Schriesheim began working for Exxon in New Jersey, where his career advanced through the ranks of their corporate research division. In 1982, he was offered the directorship of Argonne National Laboratory, becoming their first CEO with a background in private industry.
- Creator
Schriesheim, Alan
Alter, Peter
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Argonne National Laboratory
Oral history (discipline)
Interviews
Cold War
Nuclear physicists
Strategic Defense Initiative
Nuclear power - Location
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Format
- Audio file: 1:43:47 minutes
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © 2017 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved
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- Chicago citation style
- Schriesheim, Alan, Alter, Peter. Chicago Cold War: Alan Schriesheim. 2012-08-01. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/236. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Schriesheim, Alan, Alter, Peter, (2012-08-01) Chicago Cold War: Alan Schriesheim. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/236
- MLA citation style
- Schriesheim, Alan, Alter, Peter. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/236>.