Henry DeWolf Smyth
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Henry DeWolf Smyth (1898–1986)
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| Born |
May 1, 1898 Clinton, New York, United States |
| Died | September 11, 1986 (aged 88) Princeton, New Jersey, United States |
| Residence | Princeton, New Jersey |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Alma mater | Princeton University University of Cambridge |
| Academic advisors |
Karl Taylor Compton Ernest Rutherford |
| Doctoral students | Kenneth Bainbridge |
| Other notable students | Rubby Sherr |
| Known for | Smyth Report |
| Notable awards |
Atoms for Peace Award (1968) Distinguished Honor Award (1970) Nuclear Statesman Award (1972) |
Henry DeWolf "Harry" Smyth (/ˈhɛnri dəˈwʊlf ˈsmaɪθ/; May 1, 1898 – September 11, 1986) was an American physicist, diplomat, and bureaucrat. He played a number of key roles in the early development of nuclear energy, as a participant in the Manhattan Project, a member of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), and U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Educated at Princeton University and the University of Cambridge, he was a faculty member in Princeton's Department of Physics from 1924 to 1966. He chaired the department from 1935 to 1949. His early research was on the ionization of gases, but his interests shifted toward nuclear physics beginning in the mid-1930s.
During World War II he was a member of the National Defense Research Committee's Uranium Committee and a consultant on the Manhattan Project. He wrote the Manhattan Project's first public official history, which came to be known as the Smyth Report.
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