Karl T. Compton

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human physicist science administrator university president

Karl T. Compton was an American physicist and influential science administrator who served as president of MIT and played a major role in organizing U.S. scientific efforts during World War II.

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Karl Taylor Compton	12
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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ physicist ⓘ science administrator ⓘ university president ⓘ
affiliation	Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ U.S. wartime scientific advisory bodies ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
employer	Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
familyName	Compton ⓘ
fieldOfWork	physics ⓘ science administration ⓘ science policy ⓘ
fullName	Karl T. Compton self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Karl Taylor Compton
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Karl ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle	President of MIT ⓘ
hasRelative	Arthur H. Compton ⓘ
influenced	Development of the research university model in the United States ⓘ U.S. science and technology policy in the mid-20th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
notableAchievement	Helped coordinate collaboration between universities, industry, and the U.S. military during World War II ⓘ Influenced the development of U.S. postwar science policy ⓘ
notableContribution	Advocated strong federal support for scientific research ⓘ Promoted closer ties between academic research and national defense needs ⓘ
notableFor	Key role in organizing scientific research for the U.S. war effort in World War II ⓘ Leadership of MIT during a period of major expansion in science and engineering ⓘ
notableRole	Advisor on wartime research and development to the U.S. government ⓘ Leader in mobilizing American science for World War II ⓘ
notableWork	Organization of U.S. scientific efforts during World War II ⓘ
occupation	physicist ⓘ science policy advisor ⓘ university administrator ⓘ
positionHeld	President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
relativeRelationship	brother of Arthur H. Compton ⓘ
workLocation	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ

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National Defense Research Committee → hasMember → Karl T. Compton ⓘ

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