Chronology for Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
Born in Salem, Massachusetts
Received bachelor's degree from Harvard College
Held various teaching and research positions at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Appointed first administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration
Returned to MIT as Henry Luce professor of environment and public policy
Became dean of MIT School of Engineering
Resigned as dean to pursue private sector activities
Retired as Henry Luce professor of environment and public policy at MIT
Senior lecturer in aeronautics and astronautics at MIT
A-1 bomb, 38
A-9 aircraft, 175
A-10 aircraft, 175
A-26 aircraft, 38
Abbott, Ira (Ez), 72-73, 104
Abrams, Creighton, 188
Acheson, Dave and Pat, 149
Acheson, Dean, 149
Adams, Mac, 145
Advanced Manned Strategic
Aircraft (AMSA), 179
Aerojet General Corporation, 182
Aerospace Corporation, 219,
230, 255
Agena rocket, 135
Agnew, Spiro, 150-51, 157,
175, 228-29, 242
Agriculture, Department of, 243
Airborne Command Post, 182-83
Airborne Warning and Control
System (AWACS), 173-74,
245
Air Force Academy, 183
Air Force, United States, 4, 35,
38, 41, 52, 54-55, 59, 62-64,
92, 101-02, 148-49, 151,
153-198, 200, 219, 229, 231,
236, 242-49; and Scientific
Advisory Board, 167
Airlift Command, 197
Air National Guard, 157
Air Products Corporation, 219,
222
Aldrin, Edwin E., Jr. (Buzz), 151
American Telephone and
Telegraph (AT&T)
Corporation, 219, 223
Ames Research Center, 66, 72, 92
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Naval Station, 210
Anchorage, Alaska, 187
Anderson, Clinton, 140-42
Andover, Massachusetts, 42,
100, 185
Andrews Air Force Base, 173,
183, 187-88
Annapolis, Maryland, 28; also
see Naval Academy, United
States
Antarctica, 196
Apollo program, 4, 81-85, 88-
151, 154, 215, 228, 236-38,
242-43; and Apollo 204 fire,
135-147, 239-40; and Apollo
Applications Program, 243
Apollo: The Race to the Moon,
99
Applied Physics Laboratory, see
Johns Hopkins University
Argentina, 192
Arlington National Cemetery,
116, 139
Armenia, 208
Army Ballistic Missile Agency, 67
Army, United States, 67, 92, 114,
155, 168, 174-75, 194, 236,
244
Army Signal Corps, 30
Armstrong, Neil, 135-36, 150-51
Aronson, Joseph, 54
Asea Brown Boverei (ABB), 223
Atlas rocket, 58-59, 156
Atomic Energy Commission
(AEC), 62, 82, 202, 204,
212
Atwood, Lee, 144
Australia, 125, 169, 188
Avalon, 4, 22-23, 28, 35, 44
AX aircraft, 174-75, 245
Ayer, Frederick, 32
B-1 aircraft, 179-81, 245
B-17 aircraft, 159
B-52 aircraft, 161, 175, 189
B-70 aircraft, 135
Babcock & Wilcox Company,
222
Baldwin, Gene, 186
Ballistic missile early-warning sys-
tem (BMEWS), 93, 183, 191
Baltimore, 69
Baltimore Sun, 161
Bangkok, Thailand, 189
Bartlett, Charlie, 76
Batchelder, Sam, 108-09, 217-18
Bay of Pigs, 86
Bayonne, New Jersey, 39-40
Bechtel Corporation, 201
Bedford, Massachusetts, 4
Bell Aircraft Company, 50-51
Bell, Alexander Graham, 225
Bellcomm, 94
Bell, David, 82-83, 112
Bell Laboratories, 93-94
Bell, Larry, 51
Bellis, Benjamin, 170-71
Benson, Henry, 7-8
Benson, Rebe, 8
Berkeley, California, 228
Berlin, 20
Bermuda, 18
Berry, Chuck, 139-40, 142
Beverly Farms, Massachusetts,
4, 35, 42, 44, 65, 99, 106,
153, 204, 228
Bisplinghoff, Raymond L., 167
Boeing Aircraft Company, 145,
168, 173
Boeing 747 aircraft, 183
Bollay, Bill, 18, 24
Bolshevik Revolution, 85
Bolshoi Ballet, 181
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 5
Bonhomme Richard ship, 39-40
Borda, Richard J., 159
Borman, Frank, 138
Bosson, Albert Davis, 6, 9
Bosson, Campbell, 9, 14, 17,
217
Bosson, Dave, 13
Bosson, Pauline; see Seamans,
Polly
Boston, 4, 7-8, 19, 21, 29, 36,
42, 53-54, 63, 76, 121-22,
125, 156, 222, 225, 240
Boston Bruins, 3
Boston Globe, 184
Boston and Lockport Block
Company, 6, 217-18
Boston Museum of Science, 227
Boston Red Sox, 224
Boston University, 108
Bowdoin College, 9-10
Brackett, Ernest W., 96
Braun, Wernher von, 68, 74, 92-
93, 96, 110, 113, 117-18,
228, 233
Brazil, 192
Bridgeton, Maine, 10
Briggs, Bob, 52
Brooks, Johnny, 35
Brown, George, 159
Brown, Harold, 112, 155-56,
Browning, Frank, 217-18
Brunswick, Maine, 9-10
Bundy, McGeorge, 82
Bunker, Ellsworth, 188
Bureau of the Budget, 78, 96,
134; also see Office of
Management and Budget
Bureau of Ordnance, see Navy,
United States
Burlington, Massachusetts, 55-
56, 59, 63
Burnham, Bradford, 35
Burrage, 106
Burundi, 43
Bush, George H. W., 220
Bush, Vannevar, 224
Byrd, Richard E., 3
C-5 aircraft, 156, 163-65, 167-
68, 170-71, 245
C-45 Beechcraft aircraft, 38
C-47 aircraft, 177
C-19 aircraft, 177
C-130 aircraft, 168, 177, 196
C-141 aircraft, 193, 196
Cabot, Tom, 185
California Institute of
Technology (Caltech), 69,
106-07, 156
Calvert, James, 223
Cambodia, 161, 178; also see
Vietnam conflict
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 40,
42, 153, 155, 184, 186,
211-12, 228
Camden, New Jersey, 53, 56-59
Camp David, Maryland, 183
Canada, 173, 182, 190-91
Cape Canaveral, 38, 61, 97,
110-11, 113, 116, 138-39,
146, 150-51, 154, 239
Caribbean Sea, 40
Carnegie Institution of
Washington, 224, 227
Carter, Jimmy, 181, 210-11,
220, 231, 240
Case Institute of Technology
(Case Western Reserve
University), 62
Centaur rocket, 71, 156
Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA), 156, 209
Chafee, John, 154-55, 194, 244
Chaffee, Roger, 136, 139-40,
144, 240
Challenger space shuttle disas-
ter, 215, 228
Chamberlin, Clarence E., 3
Chance-Vought Corporation,
Charles, Robert H., 164
Charles River, 49
Checker cab, 131
Chelsea, Massachusetts, 6
Cherry Point, North Carolina,
37
Chicago, 197, 217; and 1968
Democratic Convention,
China, 135, 178, 188, 197-98,
227; also see Vietnam con-
flict
Chou, Amanda, 214
Christensen, Stratton, 17, 34
Chrysler Corporation, 50
Civil War, 199
Clark, "Snark,” 15-17
Clifton, Chester V., 113, 115
Coast Guard, United States, 207
Cochran, Jackie, 151
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