Energy and Man: A Symposium

ALLAN NEVINS was one of America’s leading historians, whose insights into the past of the American scene provided stimulation and enlightenment for many. He was Professor Emeritus of American History at Columbia University and later became a full-time editor and writer. He won two Pulitzer prizes, the Scribner Centenary prize, and the Bancroft prize. ROBERT G. DUNLOP was President of the Sun Oil Company for many years and regarded as among the best informed authorities in the oil business on the economics of the industry. He served as a director of the American Petroleum Institute. He on the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia. EDWARD TELLER was Professor of Physics at the University of California and Director of the Radiation Laboratory at Livermore. He rendered outstanding service in the Manhattan Project during WWII and made important contributions in electric, nuclear physics and quantum theory. He was noted for work on the practical application of thermonuclear principles and the development of thermonuclear weapons. EDWARD S. MASON was a member of the faculty of Harvard University from 1923, Dean of the Graduate School of Public Administration from 1947-1958, and Frank W. Taussig Professor of Economics. He served in various government positions during WWII and was Chief Economic Adviser to the United States at the Moscow Conference in 1947. In 1954-1955 he directed the team which helped draw up a plan for the economic development of Pakistan. HERBERT HOOVER, JR., son of President Herbert Hoover, was a consulting engineer who worked with a number of firms both in the U.S. and abroad. He served as a consultant to the governments of Venezuela, Iran, Brazil, Peru and other countries. In 1953 he was selected as a special adviser on worldwide petroleum matters by the Secretary of State, and served as Under Secretary of State from 1954-1957.